[Advaita-l] Sa-gotra marriages

[V Subrahmanian]

Dear Praveen ji,

Thanks for the add-on to the question.

vs

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Praveen R. Bhat <bhatpraveen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Subbuji,
>
> This is more of an add-on to your question than a reply though.
>
> AFAIK, marriages are permitted within the main गोत्र only when the प्रवर
> ऋषिs are different. Also in my understanding, students of the Rishi take
> the gotra of the Rishi only when the original gotra is unknown. As you
> said, the latter case cannot be identified.
>
> Kind rgds,
> --Praveen R. Bhat
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> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 2:37 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Namaste
>>
>> Is there provision in the śāstra-s for sa-gotra marriages? Some people say
>> that in rare cases where a sa-gotra marriage is arranged, it is possible
>> to
>> overcome the 'defect' by having the girl formally 'given' in marriage by a
>> person of a different gotra instead of the girl's father doing the 'giving
>> away' ritual (dhāra).  Is this arrangement in agreement with the
>> śiṣṭācāra?
>>
>> It is the opinion of some that the Gotra lineage comes down in two ways:
>> People belonging to the same family-relationships of the Gotra pravartaka
>> Rishi and 2. People studying under the same Gotra-pravartaka Rishi. It
>> might be difficult at the present point of time to distinguish between the
>> two, but marriages between the 2nd type families seems to be not defiled.
>>
>> Knowledgeable persons like Sri Anand Hudli may address this question.
>>
>> warm regards
>> subrahmanian.v
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