Veni Skandha

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Veni Skandha (veṇī-skandha) Veniskandha (वेणीस्कंध) was a Nagavanshi King mentioned in Mahabharata.

Origin

Jat Gotras

Jat Gotras from Veni Skandha are:

Borana (बोराना) Vauran (वौराण) Voran (वोराण) Boran (बोराण) Boran (बोरान) gotra Jats are found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. This gotra started from their ancestral Nagavanshi king Veni Skandha. [1]

In Mahabharata

Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 57 gives the Names of all those Nagas that fell into the fire of the snake-sacrifice:Veni Skandha was from Nagas of race of Kauravya.

ऐण्डिलः कुण्डलॊ मुण्डॊ वेणि सकन्धः कुमारकः
बाहुकः शृङ्गवेगश च धूर्तकः पातपातरौ Mahabharata (1.57.12)

References

  1. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihas (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p. 269

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