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gotraगोत्रgo—trá n. (√ trai) protection or shelter for cows, cow-pen, cow-shed, stable for cattle, stable (in general), hurdle, enclosure, [RV.] (once m., [viii, 50, 10])
‘family enclosed by the hurdle’, family, race, lineage, kin, [ChUp.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Kauś.] &c. (a polysyllabic fem. in ī shortens this vowel before in comp. [e.g. brāhmaṇigotrā, ‘a Brāhman woman only by descent or name’, [Kāś.]] [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 43 ff.])
the family name, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh. xiii, 548]; [VarBṛS.]
name (in general), [Śak. vi, 5]; [Ragh.] &c.
(in Gr.) the grandson and his descendants if no older offspring of the same ancestor than this grandson lives (if the son lives the grandson is called yuvan), [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 63]; [iv, 1, 89 ff.] and [162 ff.]; [2, 111] and [3, 80] and [126]
an affix used for forming a patr. [L.]
a tribe, subdivision (in the Brāhman caste 49 Gotras are reckoned and supposed to be sprung from and named after celebrated teachers, as Śāṇḍilya, Kaśyapa, Gautama, Bharad-vāja, &c.), [W.]
a genus, class, species, [W.]
a multitude, [L.]
increase, [L.]
possession, [L.]
a forest, [L.]
a field, [L.]
an umbrella or parasol, [L.]
knowledge of probabilities, [L.]
go—trá (as), m. a mountain (a meaning probably derived fr. -bhíd), [BhP. ii], [iii], [vi]
a cloud (cf. -bhíd), [Naigh. i, 10]
a road, [L.]
go-trá &c. See [ib.], col. 3.
gotramगोत्रम्gó—tram (am), ind. after a verb denoting repetition and implying a blame, [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 27] and [57]
gotrajaगोत्रजgo—tra—ja mfn. born in the same family, relation (in law, nearly = ‘Gentile’ of Roman law, and applied to kindred of the same general family, who are connected by offerings of food and water; hence opposed to bandhu or cognate kindred not partaking in the offerings to common ancestors), [Yājñ. ii, 135]; [BhP. iii, 7, 24]; [Kathās. vi], [xxii], [iic]
gotrakaगोत्रकgo—°traka n. family, [Yājñ. ii, 85.]
gotrabhājगोत्रभाज्go—tra—bhāj mfn. belonging to the family, [Gaut. xxviii, 33]
gotrabhidगोत्रभिद्go—tra—bhíd mfn. opening the cow-pens of the sky (‘splitting the clouds or mountains’, [Sāy.]; said of Indra and Bṛhaspati's vehicle), [RV. ii, 23, 3]; [vi, 17, 2] and [x, 103, 6]; [VS. xx, 38]
go—tra—bhíd m. ‘splitting the mountains (with his thunderbolt, cf. adri-bhíd)’, Indra, [Ragh.]; [Kum. ii, 52]
‘Indra’ and ‘destroyer of families’, [Rājat. i, 92]
‘Indra’ and ‘destroyer of names’, [Śiś. ix, 80]
gotravatगोत्रवत्go—tra—vat mfn. belonging to a noble family, [R. ii, 98, 24]
gotrabhūmiगोत्रभूमिgo—tra—bhūmi f. ‘family-range’, one of the periods in a Śrāvaka's life, [Buddh.]; [L.]
gotrakīlāगोत्रकीलाgo—tra—kīlā f. (= acala-k°) the earth, [L.]
gotramayaगोत्रमयgo—tra—maya mfn. forming a family (with kṣātra, ‘a Kṣatriya family’), [Bālar. iii, 60]
gotrapaṭaगोत्रपटgo—tra—paṭa m. a genealogical table, pedigree, [Lāṭy. i, 2, 24], Sch.
gotrakārinगोत्रकारिन्go—tra—kārin mfn. founding a family, [Pravar.]
gotrakartṛगोत्रकर्तृgó—trá—kartṛ m. the founder of a family, [MBh. xiii, 248]
gotranāmanगोत्रनामन्go—tra—nāman n. the family name, [ŚāṅkhGṛ. i, 6, 4]
gotrarikthaगोत्ररिक्थgo—tra—riktha n. du. the family name and the inheritance, [Mn. ix, 142]
gotrasthitiगोत्रस्थितिgo—tra—sthiti f. ‘id.’ and ‘standing like a mountain’
gotravṛkṣaगोत्रवृक्षgo—tra—vṛkṣa m. N. of a tree, [Bhpr.]
gotravrataगोत्रव्रतgo—tra—vrata n. a family rule, [Bhartṛ.] ([Mudr. ii, 18]; [Subh.])
gotradevatāगोत्रदेवताgo—tra—devatā f. family deity, [Siṃhās. iv]
gotrakṣāntiगोत्रक्षान्तिgo—tra—kṣānti f. N. of a Kiṃnara virgin, [Kāraṇḍ. i]
gotravardhanaगोत्रवर्धनgo—tra—vardhana m. N. of a prince, [Kathās. lxv]
gotrarikthāṃśaगोत्ररिक्थांशgo—tra—rikthāṃśa m. in comp. the family name and part of the inheritance, [165]
gotrapravaradīpaगोत्रप्रवरदीपgo—tra—pravara-dīpa m. N. of wk.
gotrapravaramañjarīगोत्रप्रवरमञ्जरीgó-tra-prava°ra—mañjarī f. N. of wk.
gotrapravaranirṇayaगोत्रप्रवरनिर्णयgó-tra-prava°ra—nirṇaya m. N. of wk.