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सांख्यायन
Sūtra school: Śāṅkhāyana·Vedic branch: Ṛgveda
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
Sankhyayana
Pravara (3 ṛṣis)
Endogamous and regional communities historically attested with this gotra. Not exhaustive — contributors extend the registry as evidence surfaces.
Gotras whose pravara chain shares at least one ṛṣi with sankhyayana — the axis the pravara-prohibition marriage rule is checked on.
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 1
Shared ṛṣis: 1
Shared ṛṣis: 1
Shared ṛṣis: 1
Shared ṛṣis: 1
Vasishtha gana; the Sankhyayana sutra-school families carry the Kaundinya (Vasishtha-Maitravaruna-Kaundinya) pravara — inherited, not independently attested for this name.
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Check marriage compatibility →Publicly-shared, verified family lineage records anchored to the sankhyayana gotra. Each row is a contributor’s chosen surface of their gotra + kuladevataa + ancestral village.
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