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gotra (Skt.). 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).

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Gotra

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Gotra. (Skt., ‘cow-shed’, ‘assemblage’, ‘clan’). In India, the exogamous group of all persons (especially brahmans) related by descent through the male line from a common male ancestor.

In Mahāyāna Buddhism the term is employed to denote categories of religious practitioners on the basis of psychological, spiritual, and intellectual capacity.

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