[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c23.331 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.331 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.331 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.331](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.331) ⁶⁰⁵ The pravaras or ṛṣis of the several gotras are generally three but some gotras have one, two or five \*pravaras\*, but never four. Vide below under marriage for pravara. - [Previous: v2.c23.330](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.330) - [Next: v2.c23.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.332) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.331](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.331) · Pramāṇa