Girasia (Koli title)
The Girasia, or Garasia,[1] Girasiya and Garasiya is a title used by the Koli chiefs of petty states or Jagirdars who held the villages as Giras granted by rulers.[2] the most of the Chunvalia Kolis held the title of Girasia and they worshipped the Hindu goddess Shakti.[3]
| Koli Girasia | |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Gujarati |
| Word/Name | Gujarat |
| Derivation | Giras (a grant of villages given by a ruler) |
| Meaning | Ruler of granted villages |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Girasia, Girasiya, Garasia, Garasiya |
| Related names | Mehvasia |
The Koli Garasiya were tributary to the ruler of state who gave the Giras.[4]
References
change- ↑ Clark, Alice Whitcomb (1979). Central Gujarat in the Nineteenth Century: The Integration of an Agrarian System. New Delhi, India: University of Wisconsin--Madison. pp. 55: Koli garasias would often " hire a land from the manager of a village, trusting to the timidity of the other villagers, declare that it was O 1, 57 famiiy, bapita, land.
- ↑ Bayly, Susan (2001-02-22). Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age. New Delhi, India: Cambridge University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-521-79842-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Enthoven, Reginald Edward (1989). Folk Lore Notes: Folklore of Gujurat. New Delhi, India: Asian Educational Services. p. 5. ISBN 978-81-206-0485-8.
- ↑ Hardiman, David; Hardiman, Professor of History David (1996). Feeding the Baniya: Peasants and Usurers in Western India. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-19-563956-8.