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The concept of ] was the first attempt among ]s to classify themselves among different groups. At the beginning, these gentes identified themselves by the names of eight rishis (], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ] or ]; the first seven of these are often enumerated as ]s). It is to be noted that ] was initially a ] king, who later chose and rose to become an ascetic rishi. Hence the gotra was applied to the grouping stemming from one of these ]s as his descendants.

===Gotras===
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Many lines of descent from the major ]s were later grouped separately. Accordingly, the major ''gotras'' were divided into ]s (subdivisions) and each ] was further divided into groups of families. The term ''gotra'' was then frequently started being applied to the ]s and to the ]s.

Every ] claims to be a direct patrilenial descendant of one of the founding ]s of a certain ] or ]. It is the ] or ] that is now commonly referred to as ''gotra''.

Over the years, the number of ''gotras'' increased due to:
#Descendants of original ] also started new family lineage or new ''gotras'',
#By inter marriage with other sub-groups of the same ], and
#Inspired by another ] whose name they bear as their own ''gotra''.

] is a set of the main ]s who belonged to the ''gotra''. Usually these are the founding fathers (and in a few cases, founding mothers) of the ''gotra''. In vedic ritual, the importance of the pravara appears to be in its use by the ritualist for extolling his ancestry and proclaiming, "as a descendant of worthy ancestors, I am a fit and proper person to do the act I am performing."

While the ''gotras'' were classified initially according to eight ]s, the ]s were classified under the names of the following seven ]:
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Some authors claim that the rishi ] was a descendant of rishi ] while the rishis ] and ] were the descendants of rishi ].

The ] identifies the association of a person with two, three (or sometimes five) of the above-mentioned ]. It also signifies the ''Sutras'' contributed to different ] by those ].

==See also==
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