Gotra and Pravara

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<!--QuoteBegin-mitradena+Sep 1 2006, 02:15 AM-->QUOTE(mitradena @ Sep 1 2006, 02:15 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Best of luck.

I had to struggle to unearth my Pravara Rshis.

Mine is tricky because it is listed under both Vasishtha and Angiras clans.

The "Gotra Pravara Manjari" book lists it as a special case.

Thanks to one of my relatives I finally managed to determine that it is part of the Vasistha clan.


We need make sure this kind of information does not become extinct due to carelessness or sheer apathy.
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Actually, Mitradena, there is no conflict. Angirasas were also ancestors of the Parâshara Shâktyas, meaning that the Shâktyas accepted Angiras as an ancestor too. See Rgveda I.71.2 Pada AB a Sûkta of a Parâshara Shâktya saying:

viiLú cid drLhaá pitáro na ukthaír | ádriM rujann ángiraso ráveNa |

(pitáro naH) Our forefathers, (ángirasaH) the Angirasas, (ukthaíH) through their praise songs (rujan) have shattered (ádriM) the mountain-shaped clouds (ráveNa) by the sound, (viiLú cid drLhaá) even the firm stronghold;

Some other Angirasas, like the KrNvas (Paippalâda spelling) = KaNvas are also counted as a VasiShTha Pravara.