Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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種姓
Definition[2]
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姓
Definition[3]
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gotra
(Sanskrit). A clan or family; often used in Mahāyāna in the sense of a religious group or spiritual communion, either innate or acquired. According to Yogācāra, there are five such spiritual groups: three corresponding to the three yānas (Śrāvaka, Pratyekabuddha, and Bodhisattva), to which are added an indeterminate group (aniyata) and a group totally lacking any spiritual potentiality (agotra).
Source
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A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)
Definition[4]
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gotra: Clan. 1. Family, lineage. 2. Kind, class.
Source
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Sarvastivada Abhidharma, Sanskrit-English Glossary, by Bhikkhu KL Dhammajoti
Related
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gotra-bheda , gotrabhū , gotrabhū-ñāṇa , gotrarakṣitā , gotta , gothayimbara , goṭhaphala , gothakasamudda , gothakābhaya , gothagāma
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