Vedic Social Structure
UPSC Archival Analysis
Exam Year
2005
Evidence Source
LinkID: HIS_ANC_2005_96 Ref: Standard Educational Reference
The word Gotra occurs for the first time in-
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The word 'Gotra' first occurs in the Rig Veda, where it originally meant a cow-pen before evolving into a term for a family clan.