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|Glossary-Devanagari=गोत्र
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|Glossary-Sanskrit=gotra
|Glossary-Sanskrit=gotra
|Glossary-Chinese=佛性
|Glossary-Chinese=鍾姓,種性
|Glossary-Pinyin=zhōng xìng
|Glossary-English=potential
|Glossary-English=potential
|Glossary-EnglishKB=disposition
|Glossary-EnglishKB=disposition

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Key Term gotra
In Tibetan Script རིགས་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration rigs
Devanagari Sanskrit Script गोत्र
Romanized Sanskrit gotra
Chinese Script 鍾姓,種性
Chinese Pinyin zhōng xìng
English Standard potential
Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term disposition
Richard Barron's English Term spiritual affinity
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term type; kind; lineage
Ives Waldo's English Term nationality; bloodline; variety; status
Term Type Noun
Source Language Sanskrit
Basic Meaning innate potential; inborn trait
Definitions
Synonyms kula; vaṃśa
Grammatical / Etymological Analysis Following Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra III.4cd and its Bhāṣya, the hermeneutical etymology of gotra is often explained as meaning guṇottāraṇa, with the syllable go in gotra standing for guṇa ("qualities") and the syllable tra representing uttāraṇa ("delivering," "setting free"). Thus, the got is the disposition from which qualities arise and increase or which sets them free... Gotra can also mean "what protects qualities" (guṇatraya)." - Karl Brunnhölzl, When the Clouds Part, pp. 95-96.