Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2135
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2135
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F. Ṛṣi gotras. There are ten Ṛṣi Gotras (families of sages): (1) Bharadvāja gotra (2) Kauśika gotra (3) Vātsya gotra (4) Kauṇḍinya gotra (5) Kaśyapa gotra (6) Vasiṣṭha gotra (7) Jāmadagnya gotra (8) Viśvāmitra gotra (9) Gautama gotra (10) Ātreya gotra. (All these ten gotras were brought down to Dakṣiṇabhārata by Paraśurāma).