Rishivanshi

Rishivanshi Rajputs are considered to be progeny of Rishi (saints) and Kshatriya, also known as Brahmin(yogis) Kshatriya.A group of historians, which includes Jai Narayan Asopa, theorized that these Rajputs were Brahmins who became rulers.[1] Rishivanshi Rajputs have Gotras like Gautam , Dixit some of them converted to Islam and known as Gautam Khanzada and Dikhit Khanzada.

The origin of the Rajputs is thus related, The exact vansh of Sengar is Rishivansh. According to Hindu thoughts or books Father of Lord Ram King Dashrath of Ayodhya had given his daughter "Shanta" to Shringi Rishi, The clan created from that marriage is called SENGAR Rajput. Possible derivation of the Sengar name is (apart from Shringi Rishi), from "Chhatish-kul-singar" (The ornament or grand focal point of 36 Kshatriya kul) a term often used by bards in praising the ruler. On his visit tonthe royal court or to a feudal Lord, he recited the family genealogy and also the deeds of the family's forefathers. .[2][3]

There are several theories regarding the origin of the Rishivanshi Rajputs, According to A. H. Bingley, Caste, tribes & culture of Rajputs, Ess Ess Publications, 1978 which is also substantiated by the folklore narratives of Rishivanshi Rajputs, that they are the descendants of the Rishi Shringa and his wife Shanta. As per the folk traditions, Shanta was from Raghuvansha clan and was a princess of Raghukul, therefore, the son of Rishi Shringa and Shanta became a Rishivansha Kshtriya. Henceforth, 'Sengar' clan of Rajputs which is of 'Shringya' or its further delineation into 'Sengar', thus, 'Sengar' are considered to be Rishivanshi Kshtriyas.

Another Rajput tradition believes that Sengar come from Gautam gotra, where rishi Gautam who is one of the seven Saptarishi was their ancestor, therefore, Sengar claim to have Gautam gotra.[4]