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A list of the Audichya Sashtra Brahmin community's Gotras and Pravaras, written in the Gujrati script. The seven major Brahmin Gotras take the names of the saints whose lineages they represent: Shandilya, Upreti, Jamadagni, Gautama, Atri, Vasishta and Kashyapa. [18]
People belonging to a particular gotra may not be of the same caste (as there are many gotras which are part of different castes) in the Hindu social system. However, there is a notable exception among matrilineal Tulu speakers, for whom the lineages are the same across the castes.
These eight sages are called gotrakarins, from whom all 108 gotras (especially of the Brahmins) have evolved. For instance, from Atri sprang the Atreya and Gavisthiras gotras. [6] According to Robert Vane Russell, many gotras of Hindu religion are of totemic origin which is named after plants, animals, and natural objects. These are universal ...
Pages in category "Brahmin gotras" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Vishvamitra is one of the eight main gotras of Brahmins. All Brahmins belonging to Kaushika or Vishvamitra gotra are believed to have descended from Sage Vishvamitra. [36] [37] The distinction can be found from the respective pravaras, [38] Vishvamitra, Aghamarshana, Kaushika; Vishvamitra, Devarata, Owdala; Vishvamitra, Ashtaka
The Akhil Bhartiya Agrawal Sammelan, a major organization of Agrawals, has created a standardized list of gotras, which was adopted as an official list by a vote at the organization's 1983 convention. [25] Because the classification of any particular gotra as "half" is considered insulting, the Sammelan provides a list of following 18 gotras: [26]
Brahmin gotras (13 P) G. Gotras of Agarwal (6 P) J. Jat clans (3 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Gotras" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The Brahmanas and Sutras provide detailed expositions of the Pravara system and its use in regulating marriage practices and establishing lineage. The Baudhayana's Srauta Sutra, dated around 600 BCE, is the earliest known text that provides a list of 91 pravara-rishis associated with the various Gotras. During the period of Apastamba's Srauta ...