mattamayoor namak ek shooravir kshatriy jati ka ullekh hindoo pauranik granth mahabharat mean hua hai. paandav nakul ne mattamayoor kshatriyoan par vijay prapt ki thi.
- 'mahabharat sabha parv'[1] mean ek sthan par vaishampayan ji nakul ki virata ka varnan karate hue janamejay se kahate haian-
"janamejay! ab maian nakul ke parakram aur vijay ka varnan karooanga. shaktishali nakul ne jis prakar bhagavan vasudev dvara adhikrit pashchim disha par vijay payi thi, vah suno. buddhiman madrikumar ne vishal sena ke sath khandavaprasth se nikalakar pashchim disha mean jane ke liye prasthan kiya. ve apane sainikoan ke mahan sianhanad, garjana tatha rath ke pahiyoan ki gh dagh dahat ki tumul dhvani se is prithvi ko kampit karate hue ja rahe the. jate-jate ve bahut dhan dhany se sampann gauoan ki bahulata se yukt tatha svami kartikey ke atyant priy ramaniy rohatak parvat evan usake samipavarti desh mean ja pahuanche. vahaan unaka mattamayoor nam vale shooravir kshatriyoan ke sath ghor sangram hua. un par adhikar karane ke pashchat mahan tejasvi nakul ne samoochi maroobhoomi (marava d), prachur dhanadhany se poorn shairishak aur mahoty namak deshoan par adhikar prapt kar liya."
tika tippani aur sandarbh
mahabharat shabdakosh |lekhak: es. pi. paramahans |prakashak: dilli pustak sadan, dilli |sankalan: bharat diskavari pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 82 |