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Shantadurga, Mangesh, Mahalaxmi,Navdurga & Sinha Purush Kuladevtas of Chitrapur Saraswat Gotras Gotra The following are some of the Kula-devatas of particular gotras and websites on which details may be found. There are no restrictions on Sagotra marriages among Chitrapur Saraswats.Ĭhitrapur Saraswat Kuladevatas ('कुल देव') Īll the family deities of the Chitrapur Saraswat community are in Goa except Shri Lakshminarayana, a family deity of Hattangady-kars and some other families, which is at Hanumatta near Ankola (Karnataka). Chitrapur Saraswats belong to six Gotras viz. "Gotra" meant a "cow stable" or a "herd of cows" and came to signify later, the 'family' or the clan. The gotra is also interlinked with the Surnames and the Kuladevatas. =Gotras, Surnames a GOUD and Kuladevatas= This thinking is in tune with the modern day genetic paradigms of hybrid vigor. In present days, marriage will not be allowed within the same gotra in order to avoid impure matrimony. This was later extended to other aspects of Brahmin life, such as marriage and temple worship. The gotra system was originally instituted for the purposes of identifying one's ancestors and pay respects during various invocations and other rituals to honor their fathers, fore-fathers and so on, up to their respective Rishis. Such deities came to be known as the kuladevatas. These Rishis belonged to different sects like Shakti, Shaivites and Vaishnavites and had different deities for worship. However, subsequently the term gotra is frequently applied to the ganas and to the families within the ganas interchangeably. The lines of descent from the major rishis are originally divided into Ganas and each Gana is further divided into families.

New groups like Kshatriyas (who were also makers of hymns) were taken into fold by some Rishis.

In some cases, families were inspired by a saint whose name they bear as their own Gotra.

Vishwamitra was a descendent of Kaushika, and.

Kaundinya was a descendent of Vasishta,.

Descendents of these Rishis also started new family lineage or new gotras, for example :.

Over the years the number of gotras increased due to: All present day Brahmin communities are said to be descendants of these 8 Rishis. Seven Rishis (Saptarshi) are recognized as the mind born sons of the creator Brahma. The Seven rishis are Gautama, Bhardwaja, Vishwamitra, Jamadagni, Vasistha, Kashyapa and Atri. The present day gotra classification is created from a core of 8 rishis (The Saptha rishis + Agastya). It is believed that the gotras (now account to a total of 49) started to consolidate some around 10-8 Century B.C. The gotra classification took form probably sometime during the Yajur Veda period, after the Rig Veda period. The gotra system is part of a system of classification or identification of various Brahmin families in ancient times. In fact, it is possible to change one's kula, based on one's faith or Iṣṭ'a-devatā. Kula does not relate to lineage or caste. A kula is a set of people following similar cultural rituals, often worshiping the same divinity (the Kula-Devata, god of the clan). The offspring (apatya) of these eight are gotras and others than these are called ' gotrâvayava '.Ī gotra must be distinguished from a kula.

This enumeration of the eight primary gotras seems to have been known to PâNini. The progeny of these eight sages are declared to be gotras. According to the Baudhâyanas'rauta-sûtra, the eight sages are: When a person says "I am Kashypasya-gotra", he means that he traces his descent from the ancient sage Kashyapa by unbroken male descent.

162), which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny (of a sage) beginning with the son's son". Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as "apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram" (IV. In Hindu society, the term " gotra" broadly refers to people who are descended in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. 4 Chitrapur Saraswat Kuladevatas ('कुल देव').