Thanks for information ishwa.
<!--QuoteBegin-ishwa+Sep 4 2006, 03:43 PM-->QUOTE(ishwa @ Sep 4 2006, 03:43 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->If individuals started with other professions, they may have remembered their Gotra-Pravara, but changed their VarNa.
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What is the common practice? i.e. do we commonly find people of different varnas from same gotra/pravar? e.g. Kshatriys and Brahmins from lets say Shandilya, Gotama, Kashyap gotras?
Also I have heard some gotra names - especialy from some Vaishyas - which don't sound like Rishi names, like 'Goyal', 'Mittal' etc. Whats the reason? Are these gotra names, or actual gotras are something else but forgotten?
<!--QuoteBegin-ishwa+Sep 4 2006, 03:43 PM-->QUOTE(ishwa @ Sep 4 2006, 03:43 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->If individuals started with other professions, they may have remembered their Gotra-Pravara, but changed their VarNa.
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What is the common practice? i.e. do we commonly find people of different varnas from same gotra/pravar? e.g. Kshatriys and Brahmins from lets say Shandilya, Gotama, Kashyap gotras?
Also I have heard some gotra names - especialy from some Vaishyas - which don't sound like Rishi names, like 'Goyal', 'Mittal' etc. Whats the reason? Are these gotra names, or actual gotras are something else but forgotten?