Aryal (also written as Arjel, Ariyal) is a
Nepali surname. In Hinduism, they are believed to be the descendants of Sage Atreya.
Varaha
Varaha ( sa, वराह, , "boar") is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of a boar. Varaha is generally listed as third in the Dashavatara, the ten principal avatars of Vishnu.
Varaha is most commonly associated with the leg ...
() is the deity of the Aryal clan. Aryals belong to the
Atreya
Atreya (आत्रेय) Rishi, or Atreya Punarvasu, was a descendant of Atri, one of the great Hindu sages (rishis) whose accomplishments are detailed in the Puranas. Sage Atreya was a renowned scholar of Ayurveda and six schools of early Ayu ...
(descendant of Atri rishi) gotra.
Aryals played an important role during the unification of Nepal.
Notable people with surname Aryal
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Bhairav Aryal, Nepali essayist
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Krishna Raj Aryal, foreign minister of Nepal
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Prakash Aryal, Inspector General of Police
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Prashant Aryal
Prashant Aryal ( ne, प्रशान्त अर्याल) is a journalist based in Kathmandu, who was the editor-in-chief of Kantipur Television Network. He was previously the Editor-in-Chief of Nepal Magazine in between 2008 and 2018. H ...
, Nepalese journalist
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Upendra Kant Aryal, Nepalese Inspector General of Police
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Urmila Aryal, Nepalese Communist politician
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Padma Kumari Aryal, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation of Nepalan Rights Activist, political pundit
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Shakti Ballav Aryal, Nepalese writer3
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Ritesh Aryal,
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Nepali-language surnames
Khas surnames
Surnames of Nepalese origin