Antal (also Andhak, Aundh, or Anlak) is a
gotra of
Jats found in
India. Antal is a
gotra in kashyap
rajpoot also.Antal Jats are mainly found in the
Ambala District of
Haryana. The Jat historian
Thakur Deshraj identifies them with the amatae people of
Sindh described by
Megasthenes.The leading figure of the twelve major
Alvar poets of the Srivaisnavas is the female mystic saint Antal. Antal (literally "she who rules"), who is regarded by her disciples as a goddess, composed a number of devotional hymns addressed to Krishna, peppered with strains of strong social protest against the oppression of women and the lower castes. These hymns form the core of Srivaisnava liturgy. Because of the central role of Antal in the development of the Srivaisnava community, the sect accords a status to women that is markedly different from that of classical
Brahminism.
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