BHEDA

Bheda, Bhera, Bhaira is gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. They are found in Jind district in Haryana and Sangrur area in Panjab. They are branch of Gathwal Malik.

History :

Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria) writes that Jakhar is derived from Yaksh. This tribe Jakhar claim Jakha or Jakhu, known as Yaksha or Yakshu in Sanskrit, to be their most ancient eponymous progenitor. Hukum Singh Panwar further writes that Yakshs were one of the tribes who fought the last battle of Dasrajna War (the battle of ten kings) under the leadership of Dasa Raja named Bheda against Bharatas tribes on the banks of Yamuna. The other tribes were Ajas, Sigrus, Alinas, Pakthas, Bhalana, Sivas, and Visanin. M.L. Bhargava writes that after the defeat on the Yamuna River they migrated to the Oxus (Geek name) valley and gave the name to valley as Jaksh or Jaaksha. He opines that Budakhsis and their city Badakshan are known after the combined name of Bheda, the leader of the Yakshas and that of the latter, Bheda is also a Jat clan.

The Mahabharata Book 9 : section 45 - Shalya Parv Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. 1883-1896 mentions the names of the large bands of the mothers, those slayers of foes, that became the companions of Kumara (Kartikeya). The names of those illustrious mothers includes that of Bhedi also. The Mahabharata Book 9: section 45 - Shalya Parv Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. 1883-1896 shloka 13 gives details.

Bhedaghat is a place of tourist importance near Jabalpur city in Madhya Pradesh on the banks of River Narmada. The banks of river Narmada is described as the birth place of Yaksha king Kuber (Vaisravan), where his father Visravas, who was a sage, lived (MBh 3,89). King Vaisravan or Kuber was the ruler of Lanka Kingdom which was guarded by hosts of Rakshash. It is a matter of deep research to find the relation between Bheda clan of jats and the Bedaghat on the banks of Jabalpur.

Villages founded by Bhera clan :

Dhani Bhera Ki North - Village in Jhunjhunu tahsil & district in Rajasthan.

Bheda in Rigved :

Bhim Singh Dahiya has mentionedabout Rigvedic tribe - Bheda, Aryan tribe mentioned in Rigved, (RV Vll/18/18-19): This is the tribe mentioned in the famous battle of 10 kings fought on the river Yamuna. He was killed because he refused to give cows to Indra. This tribe is to be identified with Bheda clan of the Jats still living on the river Yamuna in district Karnal. The Hymns 18-19 from Mandala 7 is quoted as under :

(RV Vll/18/18-19) :

sasvanto hi satravo raradhu? ?e bhedasya cicchardhato vinda randhim |

martanena stuvato ya? k??oti tighma? tasmin ni jahi vajramindra ||

avadindra? yamuna t?tsavasca pratra bheda? sarvatatamu?ayat |

ajasasca sighravo yak?avasca bali? sir?a?i jabhrurasvyani ||

Meaning : The Rig Ved / Mandala 7 / Hymn 18

To thee have all thine enemies submitted: e'en the fierce Bheda hast thou made thy subject.

Cast down thy sharpened thunderbolt, O Indra, on him who harms the men who sing thy praises.

Meaning : The Rig Ved / Mandala 7 / Hymn 19

Yamuna and the Trtsus aided Indra. There he stripped Bheda bare of all his treasures.

The Ajas and the Sigrus and the Yaksus brought in to him as tribute heads of horses.

Bheda Devi :

Dr. Raghu Nath Singh of Benaras, who has translated Jonraja's Rajatarangini into English, maintains, there were originally about three hundred Hindu tirthas in Kashmir, which were considered important and had each a special significance of its own for the devotees. Kalhan makes a specific mention of tirthas like Kapteshwar, Jwala Mukhi, Chakreshwara, Martanda, Sarda and some others. M. Arel Stein, who visited the religious shrines mentioned in Kalhana's Raj Tarangini, says that the tirtha of 'Gangod Bheda' was not visited by the Brahamans of the valley of Kashmir because by that time it had gone into oblivion, having fallen into a state of neglect over a period of time. He observes: High up in the valley of the Birnai Stream which debounches at Darbagam from the south west, is the site of an ancient tirtha, which though not completely forgotten, must have ranked once among the most popular in Kashmir. In Kalhana's introduction there is named along with 'Trisandheya' Suyambhoo. Sarda and other famous sites, the Hill of Bheda (Bheda Giti) sanctified by the 'Gangod-bheda' spring. There the Goddess Saraswati was believed to have shown herself as a swan in a lake situated on the summit of the hill. (See Rajtarangini by Kalhana, p. 472) It is worth mentioning here that the road to Bheda Devi runs through the Pargana named Shakoora in the old records. The stream called Vaitarini-nad (now called Birnai) flows through Shakoora. The Bheda Devi tirtha is situated in an open vale surrounded by large mountains having devdar and fur trees on their tops, From a place nearby the road leads to Rajouri and Poonch. The village Kelar, whence we took the road leading to Bheda Devi tirtha, is the Kalyanpura grama which was founded by Kalyani Devi, a queen of Tayapeeda. Drabhagom is mentioned by the historian Sheevara as Drabhgrama. It is a big village that is still famous.

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