Who are Vaid Mohyals?
Posted by admin on 20/01/09 in Vaid mohyal brahmans
Vaid Mohyals?
Both the Datts and Vaids are regarded as the descendants of Dronacharya, the Commander- in chief of the Kauravas in the battle of the Mahabharata. The gotra of the Vaids is Dhanvantri. There is a legend in the Bhagavat Purana that during Amrit Manthan, the churning of the oceans by the demigods and the demons, fourteen ratnas were ferreted out and the last one to emerge was Dhanvantri, carrying Amrita, the elixir of life. Read More
