[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.c26.232 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.232 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.232 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.232) We have first to understand what gotra in the sūtras and digests means and how it is inter-related to pravara. Among the sūtras that treat of gotra and pravara the śrauta sūtras of Āśvalāyana (Uttaraṣaṭka VI, khaṇḍas 10-15), Āpastamba (24th praśna) and Baudhāyana (B. I. ed. vol. III pravarādhyāya at end) are the most important. The Pravaramañjarī (p. 5) has a verse to the effect that Baudhāyana's pravarādhyāya is the best on the subject. - [Previous: v2.c26.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.231) - [Next: v2.c26.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.233) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26) ## Cites (3) - [Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.baudhayana-school.baudhayana.1.3) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba-school.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.asvalayana-school.asvalayana) — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.232) · Pramāṇa