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The Brahmins are a community of Hindus, who belong to the Brahmin varna.

Gotras

Brahmins are originally divided in eight gotra, but in time these subdivided into other ancestor (Pravara) sages in their genealogy, in addition to the founder of the gotra. At the same time as the member families of the gotra dispersed to different regions of India each regional group within the gotra came to have more in common with the members of other gotras in the region, culture affiliation and lifestyle, than the members of their own gotra living elsewhere in India.These trans-gotra affiliations led to the formation of a number of regional endogamous Brahmin Jatis.

According to Brahmanical culture, there are gotrakarins or eight rishis from whom the remaining 49 or more gotras are evolved or descended. They are Jamdagni, Gautama, Bharadwaja, Vishvamitra, Vasistha, Kashyapa, Atri and Agastya. The remaining all gotras other than gotrakarins are said to be Pravaras.

The list of gotras and pravaras found in the Brahmin community of Hinduism are:

• Shiva (Adi)

References

1. Julius Lipner. Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. Psychology Press. p. 113. ISBN 9780415051811.
2. Abraham Eraly. The First Spring Part 1: Life in the Golden Age of India. Penguin UK. p. Contents. ISBN 9789351186458. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
3. John Brough (2013). The Early Brahmanical System of Gotra and Pravara: A Translation of the Gotra-Pravara-Manjari of Purusottama-Pandita. Cambridge University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-107-62398-9.
4. Prakāśa Śāstrī (1985). Socialist Thought in India: With Special Reference to Lohia's Quest for Indigenous Socialism. Printwell Publishers. p. 21.
5. Rama S. Singh (2001). Thinking about Evolution: Historical, Philosophical, and Political Perspectives, Volume 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 162. ISBN 9780521620703.
6. Matthew Atmore Sherring. Hindu Tribes and Castes, Volume 1. Thacker, Spink & Company. p. 7. Retrieved 23 May 2007.

Further reading

• John Brough (2013). The Early Brahmanical System of Gotra and Pravara: A Translation of the Gotra-Pravara-Manjari of Purusottama-Pandita. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-62398-9. Retrieved 26 September 2013.

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