History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v2.c29.s1.14.4

v2.c29.s1.14.4

The word Mahideva must have originally meant king but it was interpreted in later times under wrong gotra theories to mean a Brahmin. As said above we have generally to discard all such theories about the founders of families whether of Rajputs or Brahmins and take as little as possible from legends which are inconsistent with probabilities.