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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.
Pages in category "Brahmin gotras" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Brahmin Sub-Cast In Office Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan [351] [352] 5 September 1888 17 April 1975 Niyogi Brahmin: Second President (13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967) V. V. Giri [353] 10 August 1894 24 June 1980 Niyogi Brahmin: fourth president. 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. Ramaswamy Venkataraman [354] 4 December 1910 27 January 2009 Iyer Brahmin ...
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 ...
A Tamil Smartha Brahmin holy man engaged in Siva-worship. His body is covered by coat and chains made of Rudrāksha beads Caste-mark of the Vadamas. Iyers, like all other Brahmins, trace their paternal ancestry to one of the eight rishis or sages. [22] [23] Accordingly, they are classified into eight gotras based on the rishi they have ...
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They are divided among the three cities of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur into strictly exogamous clans, having three gotras: Gārgya of Lalitpur, Bharadwaja of Bhaktapur, and Kaushik of Kathmandu, all belonging to the Mādhyamdina school of the Shukla Yajurveda, their holy language being Sanskrit, but all well-versed in Newar.