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Spelling and pronounciation

How do you write 'gotra' in at least one Indian language, and how do you pronounce it? V85 (talk) 15:12, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the correct spelling should be "Kanya Daan" not Kanniyadhanam" as per correct Sanskrit spelling and pronunciation.

7 = 8?

Come on, this has to be resolved!

Gautama and
Bharadvāja,
Viśvāmitra and
Jamadagni,
Vashishtha and
Kaśhyapa and
Shandilya

are seven sages (also known as Saptarishi); the progeny of these eight sages is declared to be gotras. This enumeration of eight primary gotras seems to have been known to Pāṇini. The offspring (apatya) of these eight are gotras --Thnidu (talk) 04:49, 4 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

7 = 9?

Not sure why the above had been indented within Spelling and Pronunciation, but putting my note next to it ... way before grammar, this article requires cleanup due to errors in counting!!

The 7=8 issue referred to above seems to have been fixed in the top section, but now we have "seven sages who are believed to be the sons of Brahma, borne out of his mind through yogic prowess. They are Gautama, Bharadwaja, Vishvamitra, Jamadagni, Vashista, Kashyapa, Atri, Agamarshana and Kaushika."

Gibberish

This article is mostly gibberish and it is so poorly sourced that it is impossible to copyedit that state of affairs. I also think it is significantly inaccurate, eg: see Madan's views as summarised here, the info re: modern usage here and various notes here. - Sitush (talk) 21:29, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

gotra comes from aurveda. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.95.143.62 (talk) 11:26, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Request to add a gotra name that's missing

This gotra I am recommending, is not a mere niche gotra with a rare presence (even then it counts and deserves to be added, but here this is not the case). In the Indian state of West Bengal, this is the 2nd most common gotra after Kashyapa Gotra. Even I myself come from this very gotra that you should add to the article. I'm talking about "Alambayana Gotra" (u may find spelling variations like Aliman, Alimman, Alimban, Alimanh, Alimmanh, Alman, but those refer to the same gotra whose formal Sanskritic name is "Alambayana") Bongthinker (talk) 14:39, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]