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Sandilya
Shandilya is one of the Brahmin gotras, named after the rishi Shandilya, specifying that individuals of the gotra have Shandilya as one of their patrilineal ancestors. The Shandilya's are held to have constituted one of the three prominent families of Kanyakubja Brahmins.
The Pravaras, or lineages, of the Shaṇḍilya gotra are:
- Kasyapa, Divala, Asita
- Kasyapa, Avatsara, Nidruva, Rebha, Raibha, Shandilya, Shandilya
Sandilya (Rishi)
Śāṇḍilya was the name of at least two prominent rishis. One of the rishis was the progenitor of the Śāṇḍilya gotra.
The name was derived from the Sanskrit words śaṇ, full and dilam, the moon, with the derivative ya added, meaning the one of the full moon, thereby implying a priest or a descendant of the Moon God.