Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s5.t2.184

v1.c17.s5.t2.184

Sarwaiya or Sariaspa.—Of this race tradition has left us only the knowledge that it once was famous ; for although, in the catalogues of the bard, it is introduced as the “ essence of the Khatri race,”⁶ we have only a few legends regarding its present degradation. Its name, as well as this epithet of the bard, induces a belief that it is a branch of the Aswas, with the prefix of sar, denoting ‘essence,’ or priority. But it is useless to speculate on a name.