Pandar

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Pandar (पांडर) gotra Jats live in Nagaur and Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan.

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Origin

They are descendants of Nagavanshi king Pandara (पाण्डर). (See - List of Naga Rajas).[1]

History

Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 57 tells Names of all those Nagas that fell into the fire of the snake-sacrifice. Pandara is mentioned in shloka 10 as Nagas of race of Takshaka.

पारावतः पारियात्रः पाण्डरॊ हरिणः कृशः
विहंगः शरभॊ मॊदः प्रमॊदः संहताङ्गदः

Distribution in Rajasthan

Villages in Hanumangarh district

Ratanpura, Bashir, Phephana, Sangaria, Ratanpura,

Villages in Nagaur district

Bachhwari,

Villages in Barmer district

Pandarwali,

Notable persons from this gotra

External links

Reference

  1. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 1894 By L.A. Waddell, M.B., B.R.A.S.,pp.91-92

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