ramañjarī

gó-trá

« family enclosed by the hurdle»,
family, race, lineage, kin ChUp. ṠāṇkhṠr. Kauṡ. etc.
(a polysyllabic fem. in ī shortens this vowel before gotra in comp. <e.g.. brāhmaṇigotrā,
« a Brāhman woman only by descent orﾠ name» Kāṡ. > Pāṇ. 6-3, 43 ff.);
the family name ĀṡvGṛ. MBh. XIII, 548 VarBṛS. ;
name (in general) Ṡak. VI, 5 Ragh. etc.. ;
(in Gr.) the grandson andﾠ his descendants if no older offspring of the same ancestor than this grandson lives
(if the son lives the grandson is called yuvan)
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. L. ;
a tribe, subdivision (in the Brāhman caste 49 Gotras are reckoned andﾠ supposed to be sprung from andﾠ named after celebrated teachers, as Ṡāṇḍilya, Kaṡyapa, Gautama, Bharad-vāja, etc.) W. ;
a genus, class, species W. ;
a multitude L. ;
increase L. ;
possession L. ;
a forest L. ;
a field L. ;
an umbrella orﾠ parasol L. ;
knowledge of probabilities L. ;
(am) ind. after a verb denoting repetition andﾠ implying a blame Pāṇ. 8-1, 27 and 57 ;
( eṇa) instr. ind. with regard to one's family name gaṇa prakṛity-ādi;
m. a mountain (a meaning probably derived fr. - bhíd) BhP. II, III, VI ;
a cloud (cf. - bhíd) Naigh. I, 10 ;
a road L. ;
(ā) f. a herd of kine Pāṇ. 4-2, 51 ;
the earth L. (cf. gotrêṡa);
- kartṛi m. the founder of a family MBh. XIII, 248 ;
- kārin mfn. founding a family Pravar. ;
- kīlā f. (= acala-k-) the earth L. ;
- kshānti f. N. of a Kiṃnara virgin Kāraṇḍ. I ;
- ja mfn. born in the same family, relation (in law, nearly = « Gentile» of Roman law, andﾠ applied to kindred of the same general family, who are connected by offerings of food andﾠ water;
hence opposed to bandhu orﾠ cognate kindred not partaking in the offerings to common ancestors)
Yājñ. II, 135 BhP. III, 7, 24 Kathās. VI, XXII, IIC ;
- devatā f. family deity Siṇhâs. IV ;
- nāman n. the family name ṠāṇkhGṛ. I, 6, 4 ;
- paṭa m. a genealogical table, pedigree Lāṭy. I, 2, 24 Sch. ;
- pravara-dīpa, - ra-nirṇaya m. - ramañjarī f. N. of wks.;
- bhāj mfn. belonging to the family Gaut. XXVIII, 33 ;
- bhíd mfn. opening the cow-pens of the sky (« splitting the clouds orﾠ mountains» Sāy. ;
said of Indra andﾠ Bṛihaspati's vehicle) RV. II, 23, 3; VI, 17, 2 and X, 103, 6 VS. XX, 38 ;
m. « splitting the mountains (with his thunderbolt cf. adri-bhíd)», Indra Ragh. Kum. II, 52 ;
« Indra» andﾠ « destroyer of families» Rājat. I, 92 ;
« Indra» andﾠ « destroyer of names» Ṡiṡ. IX, 80 ;
- bhūmi f. « family-range», one of the periods in a Ṡrāvaka's life Buddh. L. ;
- maya mfn. forming a family (with kshātra, « a Kshatriya family») Bālar. III, 60 ;
- riktha n. du. the family name andﾠ the inheritance Mn. IX, 142 ;
-rikthâ̱ṉṡa, in comp. the family name andﾠ part of the inheritance, 165;
- vat mfn. belonging to a noble family R. II, 98, 24 ;
- vardhana m. N. of a prince Kathās. LXV ;
- vṛiksha m. N. of a tree Bhpr. ;
- vrata n. a family rule Bhartṛ. (Mudr. II, 18 Subh.) ;
- sthiti f. id. andﾠ « standing like a mountain» ;
-trâ̱khyā f. family name, patronymic L. ;
-trâ̱di, a Gaṇa of Pāṇ. 8-1, 27 ;
-trâ̱nta m. « destruction of families» andﾠ « destruction of mountains» Rājat. V, 377 ;
(scil. ṡabda) « ending with a Gotra affix», a patronymic L. ;
-trâ̱bhidhāyam ind. so as to name one's name Bhaṭṭ. III, 50 ;
- trêṡa m. « earth-lord», a king;
- trôccāra m. « recitation of the family pedigree»
N. of a ceremony RTL. p. 407.