Gauri

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Gauri (गौरी) is a gotra of Jats[1], name of Parvati, name of a River in Mahabharata. Gauri (गौरी) is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi.

Mention by Panini

Gauri (गौरी) is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [2]


Gaurimitra (गौरिमित्र) is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [3]

Origin

Jat Gotras Namesake

  • Gauri (Jat clan) = Gauri (गौरी) (L.16). [Gauri]] (गौरी) (L.16) village is mentioned in Paragaon Plates Of Prithvideva II : (Kalachuri) Year 897 (=1146 AD). ....The donee was the Bràhmana Padmanâbha, the son of Harisharman and grandson of Sahadëva who had emigrated from the village Gauri (गौरी) (L.16). ...The village Gauri (गौरी) (L.16), from which the donee's grandfather had emigrated, may be Gora, 18 miles almost due south of Paragaon. [5]...Paragaon is a village in tahsil and district Baloda Bazar in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

History

Name of Parvati

The word "Gauri" is also the name of Parvati (wife of Lord Shiva).

संदर्भ: गौरी - भारतकोश, ज्ञान का हिन्दी महासागर

Gauri River

In Mahabharata

Gauri River (गौरी) is mentioned in Mahabharata (VI.10.24).

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata/Book VI Chapter 10 describes geography and provinces of Bharatavarsha. Gauri River is mentioned in Mahabharata (VI.10.24).[6]


Panjkora River in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwestern Pakistan, has been identified with River Gauri.

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References

  1. डॉ पेमाराम:राजस्थान के जाटों का इतिहास, 2010, पृ.299
  2. V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.43
  3. V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.306
  4. Corpus Inscriptionium Indicarium Vol IV Part 2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1905. pp. 588-594
  5. Corpus Inscriptionium Indicarium Vol IV Part 2 Inscriptions of the Kalachuri-Chedi Era, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, 1905, p.626-631
  6. शशिकान्तां शिवां चैव तदा वीरवतीम अपि, वास्तुं सुवास्तुं गौरीं च कम्पनां स हिरण्वतीम (VI.10.24)

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