Definitions for gotra

gotra go·tra

Spelling: [goh-truh]
IPA: /ˈgoʊ trə/

Gotra is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in gotra (agort).

Definitions for gotra

noun

  1. a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.

Origin of gotra

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1875-80

Examples for gotra

These are called exogamous groups or clans, and their name among the higher castes is gotra.

They were arranged in eight large tribes (gotra) named after these progenitors.

Theoretically a man should not take a wife whose sept or gotra is the same as his own.

(g) gotra produces the idea of noble and ignoble, as the potter fashions his pots.

At weddings the Bhainas have a ceremony known as the gotra worship.

He mentions also his own proper name and his gotra, which is always the name of some rishi or saint.

The prohibition of marriage within the gotra or exogamous section bars the union of persons related solely through males.

Marriage within the section or gotra is prohibited, but first cousins may intermarry.

This was the name of his gotra or gens and roughly corresponds to a surname, being less comprehensive than the clan name Skya.

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