An individual member of this tribe was called in Sanskrit as VДЃrkeб№‡ya, a term which seems to correspond to VarakДЃб№‡a of the Behistun Inscription. Agrawala writes that there is also the possibility that another Persian tribe came to be known in India in PaniniвЂ™s time who refers to Vrikas as an Ayudhajivi Sangha, a community that lived by the profession of arms. Vrikasthala (= Vrikaprastha) was one of five places demanded by Pandavas to end the quarrel. Some people believe that Bagpat is derived from Vrikaprastha. It was probably Vrikasthala, which is the ancient name of Bagpat. Vijayendra Kumar Mathur writes that Panini mentioned a janapada called Vrika in Punjab. Agrawala writes that Panini mentions village name in category ending RЕ«pya (IV.2.106) - The KДЃЕ›ikДЃ mentions Vrikarupya ( Vб№›ika-rЕ«pya).

The Virks are also a section of the Jats in the Punjab, who originally seem to have been Scythians. Katyayana also has the expression Saka-Parthava in a varttika showing that in the 4th century BC he knew of Sakas and the Parthians, probably by way of commerce, previous to their political invasions.

The Sakas were very ancient race referred to in the old Persian Inscriptions of Darius and settled both in Sakasthana and on the borders of Parthia which were connected with Bahlika and Gandhara. PaniniвЂ™s acquaintance with a branch of Sakas is not surprising, since he uses Saka word Kantha meaning 'town' in six sutras. The title Bakanapati or Barkanapati, the chief of Varkanas, is applied to a Saka Governor of Mathura who was associated with the foundation and repair of Devakula of Wima Kadphises (JRAS,1924, p.402 JBORS, xvi,p.258), whom Jayaswal identified as Hyrcanian Saka. The name Vrika was known throughout the north-west as shown by its derivatives found in the several languages near PaniniвЂ™s homeland, e.g. The Persians distinguished the Varkas and infact all the northern war like equestrian people as Sakas ( Persepolis Tomb Inscription, SakДЃ para-daria). Persian Gurgan, from Vrika= Gurg, in the valley of River of that name in the fertile district of Astarabad. The Country of Vrikas: : The Country of Vrikas seems to have being the same as Hyrcania lying to the north of Parthia and on the eastern corner of the Caspian (mod. VДЃrkeб№‡ya equal to VДЃrkaб№‡a in the singular number, and Vrikah equal to VarkДЃ in plural as in the expression SakДЃ Hauma- VarkДЃ.

There is a striking similarity between the Sanskrit and old Persian forms of the name, e.g. It should probably be identified with Varkaб№‡a, the old Persian form in the Behistun inscription of Darius, mentioned along with PДЃrthava or the Parthians ( Behistun inscription Col. It is stated to be Ayudhajivin, but not necessarily associated with Vahika. This name standing alone in the Sutra with a suffix peculiar from the rest is hitherto untraced. Agrawala mentions the names of Ayudhjivi Sanghas in the Panini's Sutras which include Vб№›ika (V.3.115) - : An individual member of this Sangha was called VДЃrkeб№‡ya, and the whole Sangha Vrika.

Vriksha (а¤µаҐѓа¤•аҐЌа¤·), vanaspati (а¤µа¤Ёа¤ёаҐЌа¤Єа¤¤а¤ї), is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. Vrikarupya (а¤µаҐѓа¤•а¤°аҐ‚а¤ЄаҐЌа¤Ї), is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. Vrika (а¤µаҐѓа¤•), a warrior tribe, is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. Vrikagarta (а¤µаҐѓа¤•а¤—а¤°аҐЌа¤¤) is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. Their Country was Varkania or Hyrcania called Gurgan in modern Persian. Agrawala mentions the names of Ayudhjivi Sanghas in the Panini's Ashtadhyayi Sutras which include Vб№›ika (V.3.115). Virk is very ancient clan known to Panini in the form of Vrika.Hyrcania on Map showing the route of Alexander the Great 4 Tracking the very first Aryans to come to our land.

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