Talajangha
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Talajangha (तलजंघ) was an ancient prince of the Yadava race and a prominent figure in Hindu epics and Puranas as a descendant or branch of the Haihaya kingdom.
Variants
Jat clans
Origin
- The Kshatriyas who defeated Talajangha Mahabharata people were said to be Janghara. [1]
- जंघारा - भाटों ने 'जंग हारने' वालों का नं जंघारा लिखा है. परन्तु महाभारत कालीन तलजंघ के अरि अर्थात दमन करनेवाले जंघारा कहलाये.[2] [3]
Lunar Dynasty
He is mentioned in texts like the Puranas as a king or prince in the line of the Chandravansha (Lunar Dynasty).
Talajangha had a hundred sons who were collectively referred to as the Talajanghas. The eldest of his sons was Vitihotra, from whom the Vitihotra clan originated.
History
Sandhya Jain[4] has described Talajangha as a Mahabharata Tribe with unclear position in Kurukshetra War. 99. Talajangha (तालजङ्घ) - Once a major branch of the Haihaya dynasty, they had little importance by the time of the epic (V.72.13). [5]
In Mahabharata
Anusasana Parva/Book XIII Chapter 31 provides their genealogy in Mahabharata (XIII.31.7).[6]
Manu → Saryati → → → Vatsa → Haihaya (and Talajangha) → Vitahavya (Vitahavya fled to Bhrigu & attained to the status of a Brahmana) → Gritsamada → Varchas → Vihavya → Vitatya → Satya → Santa → Shravas → Tama → Prakasha → Vagindra → Pramati → (w.Ghritachi) → Ruru (w. Pramadvara) → Shunaka → Haryashva → Sudeva → Divodasa → Pratarddana
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References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Chapter III,p.305
- ↑ Jat Gotra Shabdawali, p.25. ज-77
- ↑ Adhunik Jat Itihas, VI, p.246, sn-34
- ↑ Sandhya Jain: Adi Deo Arya Devata - A Panoramic View of Tribal-Hindu Cultural Interface, Rupa & Co, 7/16, Ansari Road Daryaganj, New Delhi, 2004, p.134
- ↑ हैहयानाम उथावर्तॊ नीपानां जनमेजयः । बहुलस तालजङ्घानां कृमीणाम उथ्धतॊ वसुः (V.72.13)
- ↑ तस्यान्ववाये दवौ राजन राजानौ संबभूवतुः, हेहयस तालजङ्घश च वत्सेषु जयतां वर (XIII.31.7)