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In Hindu culture, a Pravara (Sanskrit for "most excellent") refers to a system of identity, particularly a family line.[1] The Pravar system is based on the descendants of a rishi (sage) after whom a "gotra" (clan) is named, and these descendants are considered eponyms by the members of the "gotra."[2] It represents a secondary level of segmentation within the gotra system. The Pravara is a significant aspect of the exogamous system in ancient Brahmanical families.[3]
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- ^ Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv (1972). Two Brahmanical Institutions: Gotra and Charana. Popular Prakashan. p. 13.
- ^ Brough, John, ed. (2013), "INTRODUCTION", The Early Brahmanical System of Gotra and Pravara: A Translation of the Gotra-Pravara-Manjari of Purusottama-Pandita, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–52, ISBN 978-1-107-62398-9, retrieved 2024-02-01