the gotra forms an exogamous unit, with marriage within the same gotra being regarded as incest and prohibited by custom. The name of the gotra can be...

A gotra is equivalent to a lineage, akin to a family name, but the given name of a family is often different from its gotra, and may reflect the traditional...

A Hindu Gotra (Sanskrit ब्राह्मण गोत्र) is an exogamous unit used to denote the paternal lineage of individuals belonging to the Brahmin in the Hindu...

Brahmin gotra that comprises Kanyakubja Brahmins and Saryupareen Brahmins who are the descendants of sage Savarna Muni. The origins of Savarna gotra can be...

where his daughter was married the gotra of daughter in laws were adopted as half gotra in Agrawals, thus 17.5 gotra. Historically, there has been no unanimity...

Shandilya (IAST: Śāṇḍilya) is a gotra which is named after the great sage Shandilya, specifying that individuals of the gotra have Shandilya as one of their...

The Jat people are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh...

Chamar (or Jatav) is a Dalit community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of affirmative action. They are found throughout the...

Khola is a clan (gotra) of Yaduvanshi Ahir caste that inhabits the Indian state of Haryana and Rajasthan. Ahir Ahir clans Census of India, 1891. 1892...

Are Katika (also known as Are-Suryavanshi) are a community hailing from the South Indian states of Telangana, Andhra pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu including...

rishi (sage) after whom a "gotra" (clan) is named, and these descendants are considered eponyms by the members of the "gotra." It represents a secondary...

Mangal (or Manghal, Mangla) is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Mangal (singer), Afghan singer Mangal Bagh (born 1973)...

these queens and the formation of the gotras. Neither does he explain how sacrifices led to the formation of the gotras. Historically, there has been no unanimity...

Lamba is an Indian surname found among the Jats and Khatris of the Haryana, Punjab and Delhi. It is also used by people of African or European descent...

Karwal is a sub branch of Sisodiya, Rajput, Aheria branch of the Kshtriya community in Rajasthan. Sparsely found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh....

Vol. 96. Research Society of Pakistan. p. 50. As well as being a Chuhra gotra , the Gill are an important zat of the Jat tribe based especially in the...

Kodungallur (IPA: [koɖuŋːɐlːuːr]; also Cranganore, Portuguese: Cranganor; formerly known as Mahodayapuram, Shingly, Vanchi, Muchiri, Muyirikkode, and Muziris)...

Vasishtha (Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ, lit. 'most excellent', IAST: Vasiṣṭha) is one of the oldest and revered Vedic rishis or sages, and one of the Saptarishis...

have been the forebears of their five sub-groups, being respectively the gotras (clans) of blacksmiths, carpenters, bell metalworkers (metal casters), stonemasons...

The Raju are a Telugu caste found mostly in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Raju caste, which A. Satyanarayana calls the "locally dominant landed...

Garga (Sanskrit: गर्ग, romanized: Garga) was an ancient Indian sage who composed a Rigveda hymn. He is also known as Garga Bhāradvāja ("Garga, the descendant...

Madhyadesa, as well as the rulers of Malabar. It also refers to one of the Gotra's of Shivalli Madhwa Brahmin (Shivalli Brahmin) community of coastal Karnataka...

projects, for instance as an author of electronic music under the pseudonym Gotra (Готра) as well as a composer for film soundtracks and theatre music. Music...

The Muslim Gujjars or Musalmān Gujjars are the descendants of Gujjars in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent who are followers of Islam. They...

Kak is a Kashmiri Pandit surname originating in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Amar Nath Kak- Indian lawyer Bina Kak- Indian politician...

The Sanskrit gotra is a figurative term for family or lineage, while ratna means jewel or precious stone. In Yogacara Buddhism, gotra has the meaning...

Indian Jat gotra, mainly found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, etc. Beniwal is one of the most populated gotra under Jat...

Vats, also known as Vatsa, is a gotra of Brahmins found in India. They are a member of the Bhrigu section of gotras. Historian Swati Datta (1989) analysed...

Part 2". "Information about Brahmana Gotras". Harita, Yuvanaswa, Ambarisha. "Vishnu Puran~Origin of Haritasa Gotra".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names:...

Koushik/Kousik is a surname and gotra of Brahmins named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra. Kaushik/Koushik is ancient Indian "Gotra" applied to an Indian clan...