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**Irrampbroow** · 03-24-2010, 06:25 PM

Comments on the Gotra system -

All Brahmans claim descent from one or more of the following seven Rishis ~ Atri, Brighu, Kutsa, Vashishta, Gautama, Kasyapa, Angiras. According to some, the Rishis are Agasthya, Angrias, Atri, Brighu, Kasyapa, Vashishta and Gautama. Under these Rishis are included eighteen ganams, under each ganam there are a number of gotras, amounting in all to about 230. Every Brahmin is expected to salute his superiors by repeating the Abhivadanam (salutation) which contains his lineage.

for example ~

I, Krishna by name, of Srivathsa gotra, with the pravara (lineage) of the five Rishis, Bharagava, Chyavana, Apnuvana, Aruva and Jamadagni, following the Apasthambha sutra of the Yajus Saka, am now saluting you.
Daily, at the close of the Sandhya prayers, this Abhivadhanam formula should be repeated by every Brahman.

03-24-2010, 06:25 PM	#16
Irrampbroow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	Comments on the Gotra system - All Brahmans claim descent from one or more of the following seven Rishis ~ Atri, Brighu, Kutsa, Vashishta, Gautama, Kasyapa, Angiras. According to some, the Rishis are Agasthya, Angrias, Atri, Brighu, Kasyapa, Vashishta and Gautama. Under these Rishis are included eighteen ganams, under each ganam there are a number of gotras, amounting in all to about 230. Every Brahmin is expected to salute his superiors by repeating the Abhivadanam (salutation) which contains his lineage. for example ~ I, Krishna by name, of Srivathsa gotra, with the pravara (lineage) of the five Rishis, Bharagava, Chyavana, Apnuvana, Aruva and Jamadagni, following the Apasthambha sutra of the Yajus Saka, am now saluting you. Daily, at the close of the Sandhya prayers, this Abhivadhanam formula should be repeated by every Brahman.
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