Pingalaka
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Pingalaka (पिङ्गलक) was a Nagavanshi King.
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Origin
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Jat Gotras
History
Rigvedic tribes[1] (28) Pangala/Pingalaka : (AV XI/7/26, XX - mentions them as Paingya (Xll/2/2,4,8). They are to be identified with the Panghal clan of the Jats, who gave their name Pangala Nadu, in South India.
Bhim Singh Dahiya[2] writes that Varahamihira mentions the Ailavats with the people of Taxila and Pushkalavati, Pauravas (Por Jats) and the Pingalakas (Panghal Jats).[3]
B S Dahiya[4] writes: 118. Panghal - They are mentioned in the Satapatha Br. as Paingya.[5] This is from Pinga, the original word of Pingal or Pangal clan. Bri. Samhita mentions them as Pingalakas, along with Ailavats.
In Mahabharata
Pingalaka (पिङ्गलक) (Naga) (I.52.14),
Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Book I Chapter 52 tells Names of all those Nagas that fell into the fire of the snake-sacrifice. Pingalaka is mentioned in the race of Dhritarashtra in verse (I.52.14).[6]
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References
- ↑ Bhim Singh Dahiya's book "Aryan Tribes and the Rig Veda". (1991) Dahinam Publishers, 16 B Sujan Singh Park, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
- ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Jat Clan in India.p.244
- ↑ Brihat Samhita, IV, 26-27; quoted in SIH&C, pp. 29-30.
- ↑ Jats the Ancient Rulers (A clan study)/Jat Clan in India,p. 288
- ↑ See G.P. Upadhyayas Edition, vol. I, p. 33.
- ↑ शङ्कुकर्णः पिङ्गलकः कुठार मुखमेचकौ, पूर्णाङ्गदः पूर्णमुखः परहसः शकुनिर दरिः (I.52.14)