Gotra
idea · 2 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
gotra · developed lineage · gotras · natural lineage · support of practice
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The patrilineal sage-lineage classification central to marriage law and adoption eligibility.
Therefore, one should cause the sons of an adopted son to enter the original *gotra*.
Having accepted the two lineages of sages and joined them, one should then state only one *gotra*, whether it has one, two, or three sages, // Ang_1.
In daily salutations, in the twilight prayer, and in optional salutations, the entire lineage of sages is in one *gotra* and also in the other *gotra*.
Abhisamayālaṅkāravivaraṇa
The natural spiritual lineage that, once purified, ripens into awakening; the basis supporting Mahāyāna practice, given thirteen divisions.
In particular, that dharmadhātu which, once purified, ripens into unsurpassed perfect awakening, and which is the support of Mahāyāna practice — that is the natural lineage.
**II.A.i.4**