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It is also said in Gotrapravara-manjari that whose ever purohita parampara is broken and hence does not know his gotra, he can be counted under the Kashyapa gotra, because Kashyapa rshi is considered to be earliest ancestor.<ref name=":4" />

It is also said in Gotrapravara-manjari that whose ever purohita parampara is broken and hence does not know his gotra, he can be counted under the Kashyapa gotra, because Kashyapa rshi is considered to be earliest ancestor.<ref name=":4" />

Chandogya Upanishad describes the story of [[Satyakama Jabala (सत्यकामजाबालः)]] who wanted to get initiated into [[Brahmacharyashrama (ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमः)|brahmacharyashrama]] but he did not know his gotra. Sankara bhashya of Chandogya Upanishad clarifies the reason about his mother not knowing the gotra in which he was born.  

Chandogya Upanishad describes the story of [[Satyakama Jabala (सत्यकामजाबालः)]] who wanted to get initiated into [[Brahmacharyashrama (ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमः)|brahmacharyashrama]] but he did not know his gotra. Sankara bhashya of Chandogya Upanishad clarifies the reason about his mother not knowing the gotra in which he was born.<ref>''Chandogya Upanishad and Shankara Bhashya, Volume 3.'' (Hindi Translation). Gorakhpur: Gita Press (Pages 380-381)</ref>

==== मातृगोत्रवर्जननिर्णयः॥ Exclusion of Maternal Family Gotra ====

==== मातृगोत्रवर्जननिर्णयः॥ Exclusion of Maternal Family Gotra ====