gotra (5854)

gotra
Entry 5854, Page 216, Col. 1

(gotra, gotra)
gotra¦, m. and nt. (in Skt. only nt., and not in these mgs.; Pali Dictt. also fail to record these mgs. except in cpd. gotrabhū, q.v.; but Pali gotta seems clearly used in mg. 1, below, in Vism. i.138.4--5, in definition of gotrabhū: tam parittagottābhibhavanato mahaggatagottabhāvanato ca gotrabhū ti pi vuccati; note how Pali here associates the Sktized gotra-bhū with the MIndic gotta! contrast Lévi's note on Sūtrāl. iii.1), (1) lit. family, but in special technical sense of religious group or communion: pañca- gotrāḥ Mvy 1260, listed 1261--5 śrāvaka-yānābhisamaya- gotraḥ, pratyekabuddha-yānā°, tathāgata-yānā°, aniyata- gotraḥ, a-gotraḥ; same five, with -gotraṃ, nt., Laṅk 63.2--5 (pañcābhisamaya-gotrāṇi); for the fourth, aniya- taikatara-gotram, 63.4; in the sequel Laṅk explains at length the first three; aniyata-, le gotra qui n'est pas définitif, Lévi, Sūtrāl. iii.1, note, is briefly treated in Laṅk 65.2 f., aniyata-gotrakaḥ punar…triṣv apy eteṣu deśya- māneṣu yatrānunīyate tatrānuyojyaḥ syāt; apparently this is the class of people who may be drawn to whichever of the three yānas happens to be presented. The a-gotra is not explained but evidently means people outside of any Buddhist communion; in this sense understand gotrāgotraṃ kathaṃ Laṅk 25.2, (religious) family and lack of it (dvandva cpd.). Only the first three gotras are listed AbhidhK. LaV-P. vi.175; similarly Bbh 223.5--6 contrasts śrāvaka-pratyekabuddha-gotrāṃ (acc. pl.) with tathāgata-gotrān. In KP 102.9; 103.1, 8 āryāṇāṃ gotraṃ is described as a state in which all normal conditions and activities are at an end, and in 104.1--2 (continuation of the same) it is said, anulomaṃ tad gotraṃ nirvāṇasya. The relation of this to the three or five gotras is not quite clear. In the question, kena pravartitā gotrāḥ suvarṇa- maṇimuktajāḥ Laṅk 26.3, gotra is prob. used in this same sense, but the adj., sprung from gold, gems, and pearls, is obscure in application; one is tempted to see an allusion (metaphorically) to the next mg., cf. especially suvarṇa- gotra-vat Sūtrāl. iii.9 and suratna-gotra-vat 10, with Lévi's note; but producing gold etc., which one would expect, seems philologically impossible; (2) mine, of gems or ores: Sūtrāl. iii.9, 10, above; sarvaratnasaṃbhavotpatti- gotrākaramūlyajñāneṣu Gv 451.2; dhātu-gotrāṇi, mines of ores (metals), °ṇi yaṃ paktvā suvarṇa-rūpya-vaiḍūryāṇy (°vaid°) abhinivartante Divy 111.20, and (°ūrya-sphaṭi- kāny°) 111.28--29, 112.12--13; catvāro dhātu-gotrāḥ pradarśitāḥ MSV i.106.16; (3) like Skt. ākara, also origin: nikāyagati-gotrā ye Laṅk 292.16, paraphrasing nikāyagati saṃbhavāt (labhyante) 292.13; basis, source, cause, seea Bbh 2.25 punar etad gotram ādhāra ity ucyate, upastambho hetur niśraya upaniṣat pūrvaṃgamo nilaya ity ucyate… (3.1 gotraṃ dvividhaṃ, prakṛtisthaṃ samudānītaṃ ca, natural and acquired…); 3.6 f. tat punar gotraṃ bījam ity apy ucyate, dhātuḥ prakṛtir ity api (cf. gotra = bīja, hetu, AbhidhK. LaV--P. vii.49); (4) prob. as special development of prec., kind, class, category (like Skt. jāti, of similar origin and lit. mg.): nānāratna-gotra-puṣpaprati- maṇḍite Laṅk 1.7, adorned with flowers (made of) various kinds of jewels; so prob. vijñapti-gotra-saṃchannam Laṅk 269.12, covered by (various) classes of relative (worldly, practical) knowledge (see vijñapti).

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