Sunday, July 12, 2009


GOTRA SYSTEM AMONG DAIVAJNYA BRAHMINS :


Gotra is known as groups. They follow the Rig Vedic sages. These Sapta Rishis were the ancestral sages of the Daivajnya community and performed the Vedic sanskar’s in their pleasant holy atmospheric villages known as Rishi Vana’s and used to perform Yajnyas and other puja’s to get the boons from god and goddesses and ornaments that adorned gods and goddesses were made by them. The Daivajnya Brahmins also lived in this Rishi Vana and practiced the eight (Ashtadhikara Shastra) namely Jotishya, Boogola sthithi , Ganitha siddhantha , Hoora shastra, Shakuna samhitha, Swarna shastra , Shilpa Koushalya shastra .Daivajnya Gurukul Rishi Parampara was a spiritual guidance to the community members .The Gurukul Parampara lasted on for several centuries .


Daivajnya Brahmins have common surname (family name) as “SHET”. Which has an in depth legend of about 2000 years. The ancestors of Daivajnya Brahmin Samaj stayed in saurashtra, they were called as “SRESHTA”, and at the Apabransh period that word became “Shet”. ‘Shet’ is derived ‘Shreshta’ – Sanskrit word.


Some of the Daivajnya Brahmin surnames are as follows:
1. Shet
2. Raikar
3. Revankar
4. Shirodkar
5. Pauskar
6. Anvekar
7. Palankar
8. Bhandodkar
9. Pednekar
10. Kagalkar
11. Bhatta
12. Kimsen
13. Samsigkar
14. Gaunkar1
5. Sejkan
16. Burde
17. Mankame
18. Mahimkar
19. Kagal
20. Suvarna
21. Nellurkar
22. Sagwadkar
23. Rangapur
24. Lotlikar
25. Uplekar
26. Malsakar
27. Yelankar
28. Laxmipur
29. Haldankar
30. Mardolkar
31. Vittalkar
32. Jammane
33. Bidnolikar
34. Borgaunkar
35. Nethalkar
36. Vernekar
37. Bandodkar
38. Jodankar
39. Malnikar
40. Shiralli
41. Baskadkar
42. Shirvadkar
43. Karekar
44. Herakar
45. Mallan
46. Kolekar
47. Bullan
48. Kollai
49. Gal puja
50. Tekur
51. Sanu
52. Betgiri
53. Jannu
54. Angade
55. Kimsan
56. Diwakar
57. Neelavar
58. Anvati
59. Kallagi
60. Pandit
61. Adonkar
62. Dadikar
63. Totlikar
64. Rao
65. Mindolkar
66. Harehakar
67. Kamali
68. Vedpatankar
69. Kambadkone
70. Suvarnakar
71. Talebailkar
72. Agnashinikar
73. Gokarnakar
74. Sommanikar
75. Anchanikar
76. Byndoor
77. Salgaunkar
78. Sangodkar
79. Madikar
80. Balgi
81. Kurdekar
82. Kolwekar
83. Baudakar
84. Pinchen
85. Chodankar
86. Bhurke
87. Potdar
88. Kudalkar
89. Nachinolkar
90. Murkute

1 comment:

  1. I am looking for some more in depth information about my surname and gotra. Do you have any further information related to my surname, Bhurke?

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