Dhetrawal

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Dhetrawal (धेत्रवाल) Dhatrawal (धत्रवाल) Dhatarwal (धतरवाल) Dhatterwal (धत्तरवाल) Dhetarwal (धेतरवाल) is gotra of Jats. They are descendant of mahapurusha named Dhritarashtra (धृतराष्ट्र) of Nagavansh.^[1]

History

The Mahabharata Book 2: SECTION IX Sabha Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr.1883-1896 mentions names of following naga kings who attended the Sabha of Yudhishthira:

Vasuki and Takshaka, and the Naga called Airavata; Krishna and Lohita; Padma and Chitra endued with great energy; the Nagas called Kamvala and Aswatara; and Dhritarashtra and Valahaka; Matimat and Kundadhara and Karkotaka and Dhananjaya; Panimat and the mighty Kundaka, O lord of the Earth; and Prahlada and Mushikada, and Janamejaya,--all having auspicious marks and mandalas and extended hoods;--these and many other snakes. These have been described from shloka 8 to 11 as under:

वासुकिस तक्षकश चैव नागश चैरावतस तदा

कृष्णश च लॊहितश चैव पद्मश चित्रश च वीर्यवान ।।8।।

कम्बलाश्वतरौ नागौ धृतराष्ट्र बलाहकौ

मणिमान कुण्डलधरः कर्कॊटक धनंजयौ ।।9।।

परह्लाथॊ मूषिकादश च तदैव जनमेजयः

पताकिनॊ मण्डलिनः फणवन्तश च सर्वशः ।।10।।

एते चान्ये च बहवः सर्पास तस्यां युधिष्ठिर

उपासते महात्मानं वरुणं विगतक्लमाः ।।11।।

Distribution in Rajasthan

They are found in Districts Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Jodhpur, Barmer, Bikaner, Tonk in Rajasthan.

Villages in Jodhpur district

Falaudi, Jodhpur, Khetasar, Khinchan,

Villages in Barmer district

Balotra, Dhorimanna, Dholanada, Kitpal, Pachpadar,

Villages in Hanumangarh district

Bhadra, Matili, Ratanpura,

Villages in Bikaner district

Ranjitpura (Bajju), Shekhsar,

Villages in Jhunjhunu district

Dhatarwala (Chirawa), Kolinda (Bisau), Dudhi (Pilani) Rayela(Pilani)

Villages in Tonk district

Nimehada (8), Nayagaon Dhatarwal (3),

Distribution in Haryana

Villages in Sirsa district

Khairekan

References

1. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p.258

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