Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c42.4

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¹ *Artha-S'āstra*, Bk. II, Ch. 2, (p. 49)— प्रदिष्टदिगभयावरमद्रव्यानि च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ब्रह्मसोमारण्यानि तपोवनानि च, तपस्विभ्यो गोत्रपराणि प्रयच्छेत् । The Tapovanas were named after the seven original gotras. The Buddha went to one of such āśramas after leaving his home. The āśramas named after gotra-ṛishis in the Rāmāyaṇa were also such institutions, not that the original gotra-ṛishis were supposed to be still living.