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Sage-lineage entity · Provisional

याज्ञवल्क्य

yajnavalkya gotra

Sūtra school: Kātyāyana·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
Yajnavalkya

Pravara (3 ṛṣis)

1.Vaishvamitra
2.Devarata
3.Audala

Community associations

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

brahmin

Scholar's note

Vishvamitra gana association is debated — Yajnavalkya is also linked to the Vasishtha line; gana placement noted as uncertain.

Family lineages in this gotra

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

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