गोत्र

Etymology
From and.

Noun

 * 1) (√ त्रै) protection or shelter for cows, cow-pen, cow-shed, stable for cattle, stable (in general), hurdle, enclosure RV. (once m. viii, 50, 10)
 * 2) ‘family enclosed by the hurdle’, family, race, lineage, kin ChUp. ṠāṅkhṠr. Kauṡ. &c. (a polysyllabic fem. in ई shortens this vowel before गोत्र in comp. [e.g. ब्राह्मणिगोत्रा, ‘a Brahman woman only by descent or name’ Kāṡ.] Pāṇ. 6-3, 43 ff.)
 * 3) the family name ĀṡvGṛ. MBh. xiii, 548 VarBṛS.
 * 4) name (in general) Ṡak. vi, 5 Ragh. &c.
 * 5) (in Gr.) the grandson and his descendants if no older offspring of the same ancestor than this grandson lives (if the son lives the grandson is called युवन्) Pāṇ. 2-4, 63 ; iv, 1, 89 ff. and 162 ff. ; 2, 111 and 3, 80 and 126
 * 6) an affix used for forming a patr. L.
 * 7) a tribe, subdivision (in the Brahman caste 49 गोत्रs are reckoned and supposed to be sprung from and named after celebrated teachers, as शाण्डिल्य, कश्यप, गौतम, भरद्-वाज, &c.) W.
 * 8) a genus, class, species W.
 * 9) a multitude L.
 * 10) increase L.
 * 11) possession L.
 * 12) a forest L.
 * 13) a field L.
 * 14) an umbrella or parasol L.
 * 15) knowledge of probabilities L.

Noun

 * 1) a mountain (a meaning probably derived fr. -भिद्) BhP. ii, iii, vi
 * 2) a cloud (cf. -भिद्) Naigh. i, 10
 * 3) a road L.