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Sage-lineage entity · Provisional

वत्स

vatsa gotra

Sūtra school: Āpastamba·Vedic branch: Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda

Pravara ṛṣi chain

The pravara is the formal recitation of the founding sage and the ancestral ṛṣis recognised by this gotra's tradition — used in śrāddha and ritual invocations.

Founder
Vatsa

Pravara (5 ṛṣis)

1.Bhargava
2.Chyavana
3.Apnavana
4.Aurva
5.Jamadagnya

Community associations

Endogamous and regional communities historically attested with this gotra. Not exhaustive — contributors extend the registry as evidence surfaces.

brahmin

Scholar's note

Bhrigu gana; Srivatsa/Vatsa five-rishi pravara, identical pancharsheya to Jamadagni.

Family lineages in this gotra

Publicly-shared, verified family lineage records anchored to the vatsa gotra. Each row is a contributor's chosen surface of their gotra + kuladevataa + ancestral village.

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