गोत्र
Gotras
A gotra names the rishi a patriline descends from. It passes from father to child and is never changed by marriage, which is what makes it useful across centuries: a woman's gotra in a record still identifies the family she was born into, long after her surname stopped being used. Pravara lists follow the commonest form — confirm yours with your own matha or purohit, as recensions differ.
20 recorded in the archive
Kaushika
155 peoplePravara: Vishwamitra, Aghamarshana, Kaushika
Angirasa
148 peoplePravara: Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yauvanashva
Vasishta
140 peoplePravara: Vasishta, Shaktya, Parasharya — Some families observe the ekarsheya (single-rishi) pravara of Vasishta alone.
Shandilya
134 peoplePravara: Shandilya, Asita, Devala
Bharadwaja
126 peoplePravara: Angirasa, Barhaspatya, Bharadwaja — One of the most widely held gotras across GSB and Chitrapur Saraswat families.
Mudgala
120 peoplePravara: Angirasa, Bharmyashva, Maudgalya
Kutsa
87 peoplePravara: Angirasa, Mandhatra, Kautsa
Srivatsa
80 peoplePravara: Bhargava, Chyavana, Apnavana, Aurva, Jamadagnya
Dhananjaya
71 peoplePravara: Vishwamitra, Madhuchhandas, Dhananjaya
Harita
65 peoplePravara: Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yauvanashva
Garga
59 peoplePravara: Angirasa, Barhaspatya, Bharadwaja, Shainya, Gargya
Atri
54 peoplePravara: Atreya, Archananasa, Shyavashva
Gautama
49 peoplePravara: Angirasa, Ayasya, Gautama
Kashyapa
48 peoplePravara: Kashyapa, Avatsara, Naidhruva
Vatsa
45 peoplePravara: Bhargava, Chyavana, Apnavana, Aurva, Jamadagnya
Vishwamitra
38 peoplePravara: Vaishwamitra, Devarata, Audala
Bhargava
30 peoplePravara: Bhargava, Vaitahavya, Savedasa
Kaundinya
29 peoplePravara: Vasishta, Maitravaruna, Kaundinya
Parashara
27 peoplePravara: Vasishta, Shaktya, Parasharya
Jamadagni
24 peoplePravara: Bhargava, Chyavana, Apnavana, Aurva, Jamadagnya