Natrayat Rajputs

The Natrayat Rajput is a Hindu caste directly descended from the Rajputs who took up the practice of widow remarriage and eventually developed into a separate caste.[1][2] They are mainly found in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat in India.[3][4]

History and origin

The community derives its name from the word nata, which means widow remarriage in Hindi. This practice, initially adopted by a group of Chauhan Rajputs changing their surnames from Chouhan To Chadana in Marwar, Rajasthan, and this led to their separation from the wider Rajput community, which disallows widow remarriage.[5] The community also include a small number Panwar, Parihar and Rathore. The Natrayat are distributed in the transitional zone between Mewar and Marwar, occupying several villages in this hilly region.[6][7][8]

Present circumstances

The community is endogamous, and divided into exogamous gotras such as Chadana, Unthed, Solanki, Rathore, Sisodiya, Parmar (Pawar), Mundawat, Tomar (Tanwar), etc. They are mainly a community of small peasants farmers.[9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ K. S. Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta (1998). Rajasthan. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-769-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Sukhvir Singh Gahlot, Banshi Dhar (1989). Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan. Jain Brothers. ISBN 978-81-85287-00-3.
  3. ^ K. S. Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta (1998). Rajasthan. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-769-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Ramya Sreenivasan (3 August 2015). The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen-Heroic Pasts in India, C. 1500-1900. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99785-8.
  5. ^ Sukhvir Singh Gahlot, Banshi Dhar (1989). Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan. Jain Brothers. ISBN 978-81-85287-00-3.
  6. ^ Debnath, Debashis (June 1995). "Hierarchies Within Hierarchy: Some Observations on Caste System in Rajasthan". Indian Anthropologist. 25 (1): 23–30. JSTOR 41919761.
  7. ^ K. S. Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta (1998). Rajasthan. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-769-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Ramya Sreenivasan (3 August 2015). The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen-Heroic Pasts in India, C. 1500-1900. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99785-8.
  9. ^ K. S. Singh, B. K. Lavania, D. K. Samanta (1998). Rajasthan. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-769-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Ramya Sreenivasan (3 August 2015). The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen-Heroic Pasts in India, C. 1500-1900. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99785-8.
  11. ^ Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. 1996. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
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