Devarātas (Kauśika Gotra)

Devarāta · deva-rāta, “given by the devas”

Devarāta has other meanings too: see all meanings of Devarāta.

The Devarātas are one of the famous gotras of the Kauśikas, the family of Viśvāmitra Maharshi.

The Kauśika gotras

Telling the line of Jahnu and Kuśika to the munis, the Purāṇa says that Viśvāmitra, equal to a brahmarshi, attained brāhmaṇa-hood, and that his other name was Viśvaratha. His sons were Devarāta and others, all famous. In Śālāvatī were born Hiraṇyāksha, Reṇu, Reṇuka, Sāṅkṛti, Gālava, Mudgala, Madhucchanda, Jaya, Devala, Kacchapa and Hārita. The gotras of the Kauśikas became famous: the Pāṇinas, Babhravas, Dhyānajapyas, Devarātas, Śālaṅkāyanas, Bāshkalas, Lohitas, Yamadūtas and Kārūshakas. In the line of the brahmarshi Paurava and of Kauśika, the joining of brāhmaṇa and kshatriya became famous.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10