Pranam
Gontram and Pravaram could have been taken up better. Many of us simply
take them as we are taught. Sapta rishis is the route and every chaturyugam
will have different Sapta rishis. It is not that the text says this much
number and that one a different number. Our root is known from the rishi we
follow which means -our ancestors exited from the 1 to 7th chaturyuga which
is 7*&=49 and we are on the way to 48 Rishis. It is believed that the
Kashyapa gotra means that the clan had an ancestor in the 1st chatur yuga
itself. And Pravaram is a sub clan. The rot of those mentioned rishis as
Pravaram clans. It could be from 1 to even 7 and generally we find three
rishis. The first being our origin. I belong to the ‘Kashyapa’ Gotra – the
clan of the Sage Kashyapa – and further belongs to a ‘Tryarsheya’ Pravara –
or a Pravara containing the names of three Rishis – the same being
Kashyapa-Avatsara-Naidhruvi. For some it could even be 7 rishis. The Matsya
Purana provides an interesting insight into the origins of these seven
Rishis and how they became the Gotra-pravartaka Rishis. Apart from the
above detailed Rishis and Gotras thereof there are many Gotras which have
originated from many Kshatriyas. For those who do not know their Gotras,
either because the family lost knowledge of the same, or if a person became
an orphan in childhood – the Gotra and Pravara of the family purohita
becomes their Gotra.
आचार्यगोत्रप्रवरानभिज्ञस्तु द्विजः स्वयम् |
दत्त्वात्मानं तु कस्मैचित्तद्गोत्रप्रवरो भवेत् ||
Another solution given in the shastras is to accept the Kashyapa Gotra
since the Shrutis declare Kashyapa as the forefather of all humanity.
गोत्रस्यत्वपरिज्ञाने काश्यपं गोत्रमुच्यते |
यस्मादाह श्रुतिः सर्वाः प्रजाः कश्यपसंभवाः || and Bodhayana suktha KR
IRS 12821
On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 13:05, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *NAMPOOTHIRIES- GOTHRAM AND PRAVARAM*
>
>
> * Dear friends, *
>
> *The following are a few information I have collected and compiled from
> Nampoothiri.com long back. I am posting interesting things as compilation.
> Long descriptions are avoided. Hope an interesting reading.*
>
> *Sincerely,*
>
>
> *Gopala Krishnan 12-8-2021 *
>
>
> *4 GOTHRAM AND PRAVARAM *
>
> *It is believed that every Braahmanan family has descended from one
> ancestral Maharshi (great seer or sage) or the other, in whose name his
> Gothram is attached. *
>
> * There are different versions in the Smrthis as to the number of Gothrams
> - 7, 8, 10, and so on, upto 48. "Manusmrthi" quotes 8, while "Dharma
> Pradeepam" speakes of 48. *
>
>
>
> *The famous "Dasagothrams" (ten Gothrams) are :*
>
>
>
> * 1. Bhaaradwaajam,*
>
> * 2. *
>
> *Kausikam,*
>
> * 3. *
>
> *Vaatsam,*
>
> * 4. *
>
> *Kaundinyam,*
>
> * 5. *
>
> *Kaasyapam,*
>
> * 6. Vaasishttham,*
>
>
>
> * 7. Jaamadagnyam,*
>
> * 8. Vaiswaamithram,*
>
> * 9. Gauthamam, and*
>
> * 10. Aathreyam.*
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>
> *"Vishnu Bhaagavatham" has reference to the following set of seven sages
> (Saptharshis) : *
>
>
>
> * 1. Mareechi,*
>
> * 2. Athri,*
>
> *3. Angirass,*
>
>
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> * 4. Pulasthyan,*
>
> * 5. Pulahan,*
>
> *6. Krathu, and*
>
> *7. Vasishtthan.*
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>
>
> *Several among the Saptharshis referred to in "Manusmrthi" as Swayambhuva
> Manu's progeny and ancestors are said to be creators of Rigveda Sookthams.
> The Saptharshis of the present Vaivaswatha Manwantharam are : *
>
>
>
> * 1. Vasishtthan,*
>
> * 2. Kaasyapan,*
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> * 3. Athri,*
>
>
>
> * 4. Jamadagni,*
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> * 5. Gauthaman,*
>
> * 6. Viswaamithran, and*
>
> * 7. Bharadwaajan.*
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> *The Chiranjeevis (those who live eternally) who are said to have become
> eligible to be the next set of*
>
> *Saptharshis are : *
>
> * 1. Deepthimaan,*
>
> * 2. Gaalavan,*
>
> * 3. Parasuraman,*
>
> *4. Kripan,*
>
> * 5. Dronan,*
>
> * 6. Vyaaghan, and*
>
> * 7. Rishyasrngan.*
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>
>
> *4 A PRAVARAM*
>
> * Pravarams are sub-classes attached to each Gothram. The word literally
> means renowned, the best, the greatest, etc. Every Gothram has three or
> five Pravara-Purushans (great persons) whose names are attached to the
> Gothram thus defining the Pravaram. Therefore, every Braahmanan, just as he
> has a Gothram, has a specific Pravaram too. *
> *The performer of certain rituals like Ishti and Yaagam has to know which
> Pravaram he belongs to, since he has to disclose it while doing them. Some
> Pakazhiyan (Aaswalaayanan) families have to say their Pravaram while
> performing Udakakriya. *
>
> * 4B GOTHRAM - PRAVARAM - CHARANAM : OCCASIONS FOR CHANGE*
>
> * There are circumstances under which a Namboothiri family's Gothram,
> Pravaram and Charanam are to be changed. *
>
> *The occasions may be (1) "Dathu" (adoption), (2) "Penkoda"/ "Veli"
> (marriage) or (3) "Sarvaswa Daanam Vettirikkal" or "Vettirikkal".*
>
> * (1) *
>
> * "Dathu" : Adoption of a boy (Unni) or an adult (Namboothiri) by a
> family is done only when all the lines (Thaavazhi) (branches) of the
> family cease to have a fertile male and threat of extinction prevails.
> It is recognised only through a "Pathu Kayyu Dathu" (ten hands - the boy's
> and the two original and the two adopting parents). *
>
> * After adoption, the boy and all his descendants must follow a
> combination (or mixture) of the two Gothrams and Pravarams of the previous
> and** new families, if any of these are different. Those alive in
> the family at the time of adoption, retain theirs. If later, yet
> another adoption takes place in this family, they take on a mixture of the
> two, if different, and so on. *
> *Adopting family loses their earlier duties, powers as well as Charanam
> and accepts those of the boy's original family.*
>
> * (2) "Penkoda" / "Veli" : The "Udakapoorvam" part of Namboothiri
> marriage ritual releases the bride from her father's Gothram, Pravaram
> and Charanam. *
> *The later portion, "Paanigrahanam", of the ritual attaches her to
> the groom's Gothram, Pravaram and Charanam for the rest of her life.*
>
> * (3) "Sarvaswa - Daanam Vettirikkal" or just "Vettirikkal" : When
> all branches (Thaavazhi) of a family cease to have a fertile male,
> instead of "Dathu", a girl of the family can be given in marriage to a
> Namboothiri of another family, then receive both of them to the girl's
> house, and transfer the entire property and assets to him. The wife and
> their descendants then adopt her husband's Gothram, Prvaram and Charanam
> (if different), and other prescribed duties. The other living members of
> the family continue to keep their own Gothram, Pravaram and Charanam.*
> * Some such families now do not know their original Gothram, Pravaram and
> Charanam, having been a long time after the event and the death of the
> then living members.*
>
> * Many mistakenly believe that Viswaamithra Gothram has no Pravaram. Even
> Namboothirs of* *this Gothram, have Pravarams such as Kaathyolkilam and
> Madhuchhandass. *
>
> *Inter-marriage between different Pravarams is not permitted within
> **Viswaamithra
> Gothram **and therefore, many among this Gothram have forgotten their
> Pravaram.*
>
> * Among Namboothiris, in Kaasyapa Gothram, there is only one Pravaram,
> "Naidhruvam Aavatsaaram". Inter-marriage is permitted within Aangirasa
> Gothram if Pravarams are different.*
>
> * Source : *
>
> * 1. "Aarshajnaanam" - Nalappat Narayana Menon; Third Edition, October
> 1981 (Mathrubhoomi Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Kozhikode) *
>
> * . "Namboothirimaarute Poorva Charithram" (Essays) - Aadiriyedath
> Neelakandhan Bhattathiripad*
>
>
>
> *I will continue in next posting*
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