Sandilya

Shandilya is one of the top Brahmin gotras,[1] named after the rishi Shandilya,[2] specifying that individuals of the gotra have Shandilya as one of their patrilineal ancestors. The Shandilya's are held to have constituted one of the three prominent families of Kanyakubja Brahmins.[3]

The Pravaras, or lineages, of the Shaṇḍilya gotra are:

References

  1. ↑ Bose (1 January 1994). Structure Of Hindu Society of Nepal and India, The — Rev. Edn. Orient Blackswan. pp. 71–. ISBN 978-81-250-0855-2. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Swati Datta (1 January 1989). Migrant Brāhmaṇas in Northern India: Their Settlement and General Impact C. A.D. 475-1030. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-81-208-0067-0. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Monier Monier-Williams (1872). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. p. 1000. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 Abhinaya Vidya Theertha (1 June 1999). Sandhyavandana Mahima. Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetam. pp. 152–153.
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