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Thehe Sanskrit epic Mahabharata contains several enumeration of tribes or clans. The earliest terms used "clan" or "tribe" in Vedic Sanskrit were ''jana'' and ''vis''. Heinrich Zimmer regarded the word ''vis'' to denote a social structure identical with the English "tribe", and different from a ''grama'' which, he considered, represented a "clan"—midway between "family" (''kula'') and tribe. AC Das believed, on the other hand, that: an aggregation of Vedic families formed a ''gotra''; a group of ''gotras'' constituted a ''gosthi''; and a group of ''gosthis'' became a ''grama''. A ''vis'' comprised a number of these ''gramas'' and denotes a territorial "district". In Das' opinion, ''jana'' more properly designates a tribe, which was an association of neighbouring districts. Broadly, there are four principal lists in ''Mahabharata'': #Comprising respectively the tribes defeated by Yudhishthira's four brothers (Sabha Parva, Book 2 Chapters 23-29 #Tribes bringing gifts at Yudhishthira's consecration as king emperor Sabha Parva, Book 2 Chapters 45-48 #Tribes mentioned in the 'geography' in Bhishma Parva, Book 6 Chapter X #Kings and warriors of various tribes, who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo: Shalya Parva, Book IX Chapter 44 == Notes == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of the Mahabharata tribes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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