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Page 216: '''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: tarn parittagottābhibhavanato mahaggatagottabhāvanato ca gotrabhū ti pi vuccati; note how Pali here associates the Sktized gotra-bhū with the MIndic gotta I contrast
Lėvi's note on Sūtrāl. iii.1), (1) lit. ''family'', but in special
technical sense of ''religious group or communion'': pañcagotrāh
Mvy 1260, listed 1261-5 śrāvaka-yānābhisamayagotrah,
pratyekabuddha-yānā°, tathāgata-yānā°, aniyatagotrah,
a-gotrah; same five, with -gotram, nt., Lank
63.2-5 (paficābhisamaya-gotrāņi); for the fourth, aniyataikatara-
gotram, 63.4; in the sequel Lank explains at
length the first three; aniyata-, le gotra qui n'est pas
difinitif, Lėvi, Sūtrāl. iii.l, note, is briefly treated in Lank
65.2 f., aniyata-gotrakah punar . . . trisv apy etesu deśyamānesu
yatrānuniyate tatrānuyojyah s y ā t ; 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
gotrāgotrarņ katharņ Lank 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-gotrārņ (acc. pi.) with
tathāgata-gotrān. In K P 102.9; 103.1, 8 āryāņārņ gotrarņ
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, anulomam tad gotrarņ nirvāņasya.
The relation of this to the three or five gotras is not quite
clear. In the question, kena pravartitā gotrāh suvarņamaņimuktajāh
Lank 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 suvarņagotra-
vat Sūtrāl. iii.9 and suratna-gotra-vat 10, with
Lėvľs note; but producing gold etc., which one would
expect, seems philologically impossible; (2) mine, of gems
or ores: Sūtrāl. iii.9,10, above; sarvaratnasarņbhavotpattigotrākaramūlyajňānesu
Gv 451.2; dhātu-gotrāņi, mines
of ores (metals), °ņi yam paktvā suvarņa-rūpya-vaidūryāņy
(°vaid°) abhinivartanťe Divy 111.20* and (°ūrya-sphaįikāny°)
111.28-29, 112.12-13; catvāro dhātu-gotrāh
pradarśitāri MSV i.106.16; (3) like Skt. ākara, also origin:
nikāyagati-gotrā ye Lank 292.16, paraphrasing nikāyagati
sarņbhavāt (labhyante) 292.13; basis, source, cause, seea
Bbh 2.25 punar etad gotram ādhāra ity ucyate, upastambho
hetur niśraya upanisat pūrvamgamo nilaya ity ucyate . . .
(3.1 gotram d vivid ham, prakrtistham samudānītam ca,
natural and acquired.. .); 3.6 f. tat punar gotram bljam
ity apy ucyate, dhātuh prakrtir ity api (cf. gotra = blja,
hetu, AbhidhK. L a V - P . vii.49); (4) prob. as special
development of prec, kind, class, category (like Skt. jāti, of
similar origin and lit. mg.): nānāratna-gotra-puspapratimaņaMte
Lank 1.7, adorned with flowers (made of) various
kinds of jewels; so prob. vijftaptl-gotra-sarņchannam Lank
269.12, covered by (various) classes of relative (worldly,
practical) knowledge (see vijflapti).
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