Gautama (Hindu sage)
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Gautama was one of the famous seven rishis termed Saptarshi. He was the progenitor of the Gautama gotra. He was the son of Rahugana.
All the Brahmins and non-Brahmins with the Gautama gotra are connected to Gautama rishi, either through biological descent or through spiritual lineage.
With Bharadvaja, Gautama shares a common ancestry as they are both desended from Angirasa, and sometimes they are both bracketed together under the name Angirasa.
The sons of Gautama are Vamadeva and Nodha. The 4th book of the Rig Veda is that of the Vamadeva Gautama family.
