Upamanyu Gotra
उपमन्यु गोत्र
Upamanyu is one of the twenty gotras recorded in the Mithila Panji, the genealogy kept for Maithil families. It is also written Upmanyu.
Origin of the Upamanyu gotra
Upamanyu gotra traces its line to Rishi Upamanyu. Like every gotra it passes from father to children, so everyone born into a Upamanyu family is Upamanyu.
Can Upamanyu marry Upamanyu?
Traditionally, no. A Upamanyu boy and a Upamanyu girl share a lineage, so the match is sagotra — and sagotra matches are avoided in Maithil practice. Mithila Jodi’s match score shows a shared gotra as a blocker for exactly this reason.
Stricter families add a second check: Upamanyu should not be the other side’s maternal gotra, and the other side’s gotra should not be yours. Many families treat that as something to talk through with elders rather than a firm no.
Gotras Upamanyu can match with
By the paternal-gotra rule, a Upamanyu family can match with any of the other nineteen:
- Vatsa वत्स
- Shandilya शाण्डिल्य
- Kashyapa काश्यप
- Parashara पराशर
- Katyayana कात्यायन
- Bharadwaja भारद्वाज
- Savarna सावर्ण
- Gargya गार्ग्य
- Kaushika कौशिक
- Alambukasha अलम्बुकाश
- Krishnatreya कृष्णात्रेय
- Gautama गौतम
- Maudgalya मौद्गल्य
- Vashishtha वशिष्ठ
- Kaundinya कौण्डिन्य
- Kapila कपिल
- Vishnuvriddhi विष्णुवृद्धि
- Tandilya ताण्डिल्य
- Jatukarnya जातुकर्ण्य
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This is a tradition, not the law: the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 sets rules on sapinda relationships and does not mention gotra. Practice varies between families and communities. What the tradition says
Upamanyu gotra on a biodata
Write it as Gotra: Upamanyu, with maternal gotra, mool and gram beside it. These are the first details a Maithil family reads, so they belong near the top — which is where the free Mithila Jodi biodata maker puts them.
Common questions
Can a Upamanyu boy marry a Upamanyu girl?
Traditionally, no. Both would carry the Upamanyu gotra, so they are counted as one lineage, and a sagotra match is avoided in Maithil practice. It is a custom rather than a legal bar — the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 does not mention gotra — and some families are more flexible than others.
Which gotras can Upamanyu marry into?
By the paternal-gotra rule, any of the other nineteen Mithila gotras: Vatsa, Shandilya, Kashyapa, Parashara, Katyayana, Bharadwaja, Savarna, Gargya, Kaushika, Alambukasha, Krishnatreya, Gautama, Maudgalya, Vashishtha, Kaundinya, Kapila, Vishnuvriddhi, Tandilya, Jatukarnya. Stricter families also avoid a match where Upamanyu is the other side’s maternal gotra, or where the other side’s gotra is your maternal gotra.
What is Upamanyu gotra in Hindi?
Upamanyu gotra is written उपमन्यु गोत्र in Devanagari. Families also spell it Upmanyu.
How should Upamanyu gotra be written on a biodata?
As “Gotra: Upamanyu”, with your maternal gotra, mool and gram beside it near the top of the biodata. The free Mithila Jodi biodata maker has a place for each and prints them in English, Hindi, Maithili or Sanskrit.
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