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Sage-lineage entity · Provisional

विरूप

virupa gotra

Sūtra school: Āśvalāyana·Vedic branch: Ṛgveda

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
Virupa

Pravara (3 ṛṣis)

1.Angirasa
2.Barhaspatya
3.Bharadvaja

Community associations

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

brahmin

Scholar's note

Angirasa gana line gotra; carries the parent Angirasa gana pravara (Angirasa-Barhaspatya-Bharadvaja). Inherited chain — not an independently attested per-gotra pravaradhyaya entry.

Family lineages in this gotra

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

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