Kundivisha
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Kundivisha (कुंडीविष) was a Mahabharata Tribe listed on Pandava Side. They were mentioned with Pundra people indicating their habitation in Bangladesh or Assam.
Origin
Variants
Kundivisha (कुंडीविष) (AS, p.196)
Jat clans
History
Sandhya Jain[1] mentions them in the Tribes listed on Pandava Side.... 6. Kundivisa (कुण्डी विष) - A tribe with professional soldiers who fought on both sides, they constituted a wing in Yudhisthira's army (VI.46.49).
कुंडीविष
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है ...कुंडीविष (AS, p.196) 'द्रौपदेयाभिमन्युश च सात्यकिश च महारदः, पिशाचा दरदाश चैव पुण्ड्राः कुण्डीविषैः सह' (महाभारत भीष्म पर्व 50,51). कुंडीविष का उल्लेख यहां पुंड्रों तथा कुछ अनार्य जातियों के साथ है जिससे इन लोगों के प्रदेश की स्थिति पूर्वी बंगाल में या असम के किसी भाग में समझनी चाहिए. कुंडी विष के निवासी पांडवों की ओर से महाभारत के युद्ध में लड़े थे.
In Mahabharata
Kundivisha (कुण्डीविष) in Mahabharata (VI.46.49)
Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 46 mentions that Krishna, Yudhisthira and his brothers look for arrangements of the Mahabharata War. Kundivisha (कुण्डीविष) is mentioned in Mahabharata (VI.46.49). [3]...And Yudhishthira, O king, with the Patachcharas, the Hunas, the Pauravakas and the Nishadas, became its two wings, so also the Pisachas, with the Kundivishas, and the Mandakas, Madaka, Kadaka and Tanganas other Tanganas, Balhikas, Tittiras, and Cholas Pandya.
External links
References
- ↑ Sandhya Jain: Adi Deo Arya Devata - A Panoramic View of Tribal-Hindu Cultural Interface, Rupa & Co, 7/16, Ansari Road Daryaganj, New Delhi, 2004 , p.117, s.n.6
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.196
- ↑ पिशाचा दरदाश चैव पुण्ड्राः कुण्डी विषैः सह, मडका कडकाश चैव तङ्गणाः परपङ्गणाः(VI.46.49)