Khasa
Khasa (खासा) Khasha (खासा) is gotra of Jats found in Distt Sonipat in Haryana and Sikar district in Rajasthan.
History
Mahabharata period
Khasa (खश) - A famous Himalayan tribe in Nepal and southwest Kashmir; sided with the Kauravas. in Mahabharata (II.48.3), (VI.10.66)
- खशा एकाशनाज्यॊहाः परदरा दीर्घवेनवः
- पशुपाश च कुणिन्दाश च तङ्गणाः परतङ्गणाः (II.48.3)
- शूद्राभीराद दरदाः काश्मीराः पशुभिः सह
- खशिकाश च तुखाराश च पल्लवा गिरिगह्वराः (VI.10.66)
- The Mahabharata Tribe -Khasa (खश) may be identified with Jat Gotra - Khasa (खासा)
Described by Megasthenes
Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mention it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia. [1] This clan has been described by Megasthenes as the Cesi (Khasa) , The hill-tribes between the Indus and the Iomanes, along with the Chrysei (Karesia), Cetriboni (Khatri), the Megallae (Mukul), the Chrysei (Karesia), the Parasangae (Paraswal), and the Asange (Sangwa) Jat clans. (see - Jat clans as described by Megasthenes)
Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions/Names of Local Officers mentions Names of Mahattaras (Village-headmen) in which Khasaka has been mentioned as under[2]:
In Gupta inscriptions
Khasaka (No.29, L. 5) : It is an abbreviated name with the addition of suffix 'ka' which according to Panini is used to denote : : (i) Depreciation. [3] (ii) Endearment. [4]
It is a non-Sanskritic word most probably a local or dialectal feature. Here */:' suffix may have been used in the sense of endearment meaning a "poor khasa": Khasa is the name of a people and of their country (in the north of India). [5] Khasaka can be native of that country or a man belonging to that race (considered as a degraded kshatriya). [6]
Distribution in Haryana
Villages in Sonipat district
Ahulana (Sonepat)
References
- ↑ Dilip Singh Ahlawat: Jat viron ka Itihasa
- ↑ Book - Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions by Tej Ram Sharma 1976, Published by - Naurang Rai Concept Publishing Company 65-F, Anand Nagar DELHI-1 10035 (India), p. 64
- ↑ Kutsite, Panini, V. 3.75, e.g. Puranaka, name of a servant.
- ↑ Panini, V. 3.76, etc.
- ↑ Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier Williams p. 338, col. 3.
- ↑ Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier Williams p. 338, col. 3.
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