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मधुच्छन्दस्
Sūtra school: Kātyāyana·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
Madhucchandas
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 madhucchandasa — the axis the pravara-prohibition marriage rule is checked on.
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Vishvamitra gana line gotra; carries the parent Vishvamitra gana pravara (Vaishvamitra-Devarata-Audala). Inherited chain — not an independently attested per-gotra pravaradhyaya entry.
The sapinda checker combines gotra exogamy, pravara prohibition, sapinda generation rules, and Dravidian cross-cousin allowance into a structured verdict with smriti citations. No login needed.
Check marriage compatibility →Publicly-shared, verified family lineage records anchored to the madhucchandasa gotra. Each row is a contributor’s chosen surface of their gotra + kuladevataa + ancestral village.
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