गोत्र [ gotra ] [ gó-trá ] n. (√ [ trai ] ) protection or shelter for cows , cow-pen , cow-shed , stable for cattle , stable (in general) , hurdle , enclosure Lit. RV. ( oncem. Lit. viii , 50 , 10)

   " family enclosed by the hurdle " , family , race , lineage , kin Lit. ChUp. Lit. ŚāṅkhŚr. Lit. Kauś. (a polysyllabic fem. in [ ī ] shortens this vowel before [ gotra ] in comp. ( e.g. [ brāhmaṇigotrā ] , " a Brāhman woman only by descent or name " Lit. Kāś. ) Lit. Pāṇ. 6-3 , 43 ff.)

   the family name Lit. ĀśvGṛ. Lit. MBh. xiii , 548 Lit. VarBṛS.

   name (in general) Lit. Śak. vi , 5 Lit. Ragh.

   ( 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 ] ) Lit. Pāṇ. 2-4 , 63 ; iv , 1 , 89 ff. and 162 ff. ; 2 , 111 and 3 , 80 and 126

   an affix used for forming a patr. Lit. 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 , ) Lit. W.

   a genus , class , species Lit. W.

   a multitude Lit. L.

   increase Lit. L.

   possession Lit. L.

   a forest Lit. L.

   a field Lit. L.

   an umbrella or parasol Lit. L.

   knowledge of probabilities Lit. L.

   [ gotram ] ind. after a verb denoting repetition and implying a blame Lit. Pāṇ. 8-1 , 27 and 57

   [ gotreṇa ] ind. instr. with regard to one's family name g. [ prakṛty-ādi ]

   [ gotra ] m. a mountain ( a meaning probably derived fr. [ -bhí d ] ) Lit. BhP. ii , iii , vi

   a cloud ( cf. [ -bhí d ] ) Lit. Naigh. i , 10

   a road Lit. L.

   [ gotrā ] f. a herd of kine Lit. Pāṇ. 4-2 , 51

   the earth Lit. L. ( cf. [ gotreśa ] )