They are also known as Pal Kshatriya, Pali Rajput, Rajpal or Rajpai, Rajpali, Baghel in Northern part of country. In certain districts of Haryana and Rajasthan, they referred to as Maratha Rajput ( Maratha / Mahratta:Singular or Marathe / Mahratte:Plural derived from the word Barhatta or Barhatti, i.e. Hatkar / Holkar ) [1] Some also call themselves Assal / Asali Dhangar. [2]
They are also called GadhArya or GaDri / GaDeri. It is believed, since they were Custodian or Defender of Fort, they are called GadhArya गढ़-आर्य (Gadha from Hindi: गढ़ Fort + Arya from Hindi: आर्य Custodian). Other belief is, in Sanskrit GaDri / GaDeri (गड+अरि = गाडरी or गडेरी) means Destroyer of Security or Fence (GaDa from Sanskrit: गड Security or Fence + Ari from Sanskrit: अरि Enemy); they must have been spearheading of attack to destroy security / fence of enemy in the Battle. [1]
I removed Tod and the other two sources we don't know enough about, and all of the information that those sources supported. The one thing I want to be sure of is whether or not the entirety of the last paragraph is supported by Shashi's book, or if some of that came from the other source that I removed. If it's all in Shashi, fine, otherwise, we need to edit it down to just what we can verify. Let me know what you think of that draft; you are also welcome to edit it directly. Qwyrxian ( talk) 23:26, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
“ | They also call themselves Nikhar / Naikar which is corrupted form of Nayak, means
Commandant (नायक). As in case of
Holkar Maratha of Indore, they also call themselves as Assal / Asali
Dhangar. How the word Nikhar came in existence, there are two theories:
During the sixth and fifth centuries, when Buddism was on rise in India many Kshatriya converted to Buddhism, Later in the 8th century, Adi Shankaracharya gave the call for purification. Meanwhile differences arose between the Hinayana (हीनयान) and Mahayana (महायान) Buddhists. Consequently, those who took to Buddhism rejoined the Hindu faith.
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