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Collection Of Articles On Dhangar Community Of India - 002

'The World of Nomads' या इंग्रजी पुस्तकात श्याम सिंघ शशी लिहितात (पृष्ठ क्र. १८३) 

The word Dhangar is derived from cattle wealth. The suffix Gar is indicative of cattle-grazers or shepherds. 'Dhangar' is inscribed in a Buddhist cave in Pune District of Maharashtra. This cave, it is believed, has its origin between the first and the third centuries. Dr. Bhagwan Lal Indraji maintains, it is derived from the word 'Dhangar'.

जवळपास पहिल्या ते तिसऱ्या शतकात निर्मिलेल्या महाराष्ट्रातील पुणे जिल्ह्यातील बौद्ध लेण्यामध्ये 'धनगर' हा शब्दाचा उल्लेख आहे, असा वरील माहितीचा सारांश. यावरून एक गोष्ट मात्र सांगता येऊ शकते कि पहिल्या शतकापूर्वीही 'धनगर' हा शब्द जनमाणसांत प्रचलित होता.   आज पर्यंत उपेक्षित राहिलेल्या (किंबहुना उपेक्षित ठेवलेल्या) या विषयांवर अधिक संशोधन / अभ्यास होण्याची गरज आहे, हे मात्र नक्की…

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The Vijayanagar Empire & Kuruba (Dhangar) - 002

After studying & analyzing available evidences about Origin of Vijayanagar Empire, Mr. Robert Sewell concluded that chapter with following words in his book 'A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India'

'Here we have a whole bundle of tales and traditions to account for the origin of the great kingdom, and can take our choice. There are many others also. Perhaps the most reasonable account would be one culled from the general drift of the Hindu legends combined with the certainties of historical fact; and from this point of view we may for the present suppose that two brothers, Hindus of the Kuruba caste, who were men of strong religious feeling, serving in the treasury of the king of Warangal, fled from that place on its sack and destruction in 1323 and took service under the petty Rajah of Anegundi. Both they and their chiefs were filled with horror and disgust at the conduct of the marauding Moslems, and pledged themselves to the cause of their country and their religion. The brothers rose to be minister and treasurer respectively at Anegundi. In 1334 the chief gave shelter to Baha-ud-din, nephew of Muhammad of Delhi, and was attacked by the Sultan. Anegundi fell, as narrated by Batuta, and the Sultan retired, leaving Mallik as his deputy to rule the state. Mallik found the people too strong for him, and eventually the Sultan restored the country to the Hindus, raising to be rajah and minister respectively the two brothers who had formerly been minister and treasurer. These were Harihara I. ("Hukka") and Bukka I.'

Source - 'A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India' By Robert Sewell (Chapter 02: Origin of the Empire)

The Vijayanagar Empire & Kuruba (Dhangar) - 001

'The Founders of Vijayanagara Empire in southern India were the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I, who were generals of Hindu Kuruba people. The brother forged an empire from their military efforts in fighting attempts to invade southern India by Muslims c.1336. Harihara Raya I built a fort at Barkuru on the west coast and controlled the northern part of the modern state of Karnataka. On the death of Veera Ballala III in 1343, Harihara took over the Hoysala Empire and gradually expanded his territory to the Malbar coast by 1346. On his death in 1356 Harihara was succeeded by his brother Bulla (Bukka) Raya I.'

Source - "Life/Death Rhythms of Ancient Empires - Climatic Cycles Influence Rule of Dynasties" By Will Slatyer (Page No - 316)

खांद्यावरी घोंगडी हातामध्ये काठी । चारीतसे धेनु सावळा जगजेठी ।

खांद्यावरी घोंगडी हातामध्ये काठी । चारीतसे धेनु सावळा जगजेठी । 

राधे राधे मुकुंद मुरारी । वाजवितो वेणू कान्हा श्रीहरी ॥१॥ 

एक एक गौळण एक एक गोपाळ । हात धरोनी खेळे रासमंडळ । 

एका जनार्दनी दासमंडळ रचिले । जिकडे पहावे तिकडे अवघे ब्रह्माची कोदंले ॥२॥

छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज

शिवरायांचे आठवावे रूप | शिवरायांचा आठवावा प्रताप |

शिवरायांचा आठवावा साक्षेप | भुमंडळी ||१||

शिवरायांचे कैसे बोलणे | शिवरायांचे कैसे चालाणे |

शिवरायांची सलगी देणे | कैसी असे ||२||

सकल सुखांचा केला त्याग | म्हाणोनी साधिजे तो योग |

राज्य साधनाची लगबग | कैसी केली ||३||

याहुनी करावे विशेष | तरीच म्हणवावे पुरूष |

या उपरी आता विशेष | काय लिहावे ||४||

शिवरायांसी आठवावे | जीवित तृणवत मानावे |

इहलोकी परलोकी उरावे | किर्तिरुपे ||५||

निश्च्यायाचा महामेरू | बहुत जनांसी आधारू |

अखंड स्थितीचा निर्धारू | श्रीमंत योगी ||६||

-समर्थ रामदासस्वामी

श्री मायाक्का देवी

माघी पौर्णिमेसी यात्रा तव मोठी । येती दर्शनास भक्त जन पोटी ।

भंडारा उधळूनी करताती दाटी । मंत्र होक भला गर्जती ओठी । 

जय देवी जय देवी जय जय मायाक्का । अवघ्या त्रैलोक्यात गाजे तव डंका ।। 

Collection Of Articles On Dhangar Community Of India (001)

"Their original home is said to be Gokul Vrindavan near Mathura. From Gokul they are said to be moved to Mewar and from Mewar to have spread out into Gujrat and Maharashtra. Lord Krishna was Dhangar. Nand Meher, the foster father of Lord Krishna also belongs to this caste.

Initially there were twelve clans of Dhangar and they have a division of labour among brother of one family. This latter formed three sub-divisions and one half division. These three being Hatkar (Shepherds), Ahir (Gawli/Gavali) or Mhaskar (Gujjar), and Khutekar (Wool & Blanket weavers) / Sangar. The half division is called as a Khatik (Butchers). All sub-sects fall in either of these divisions. All sub-divisions emerge from one ancestry and all sub-divisions claim to be a single group of Dhangars. Studies have revealed that they are are genetically the closest.  The Number three and a half is not a random selection but has a religious and cosmological significance.  The Dhangars ignore the subcastes and project themselves only as Dhangars.   

Captain Fitzgerald has observed that 'the general idea is that originally there were twelve races of Bargi-Dhangars, who came from Hindustan, and the nation around Hingoli was called Bara-Hatti (Hatkar)'. The term Bara-Hatti could thus mean a nation of Dhangars of twelve hattis. The term Hatkar is derived from hatti. As per the Dravidian Etymological Dictionary, h(p)atti has the following meaning: pen (Kannada), hamlet (Malayalam), cowstall, sheepfold (Tamil). A hatti would therefore mean a sheep pen or a camp or a settlement of sheep-keepers. In the old Kannada lexicon hattikara occurs as a synonym of Govali, or cowherds. These etymological linkages indicate a connection between the sheep and cattle keepers. The term means a camp of sheep-cattle keepers. Bara-Hatti means a village consisting of twelve vadis. The vadi constitutes 20-23 Dhangar families."

Reference - ‘Martial Races Of Undivided India’ By Vidya Prakash Tyagi (Page 205 & 206)
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