n & masculine pluralural · gotta 1 · gotta 2
clan
Gotta (neuter) [Vedic gotra, to go] ancestry, lineage. There is no word in English for gotta. [Ed.: See Chalmers, MN 4, sidebar: 'Sept'] It includes all those descended, or supposed to be descended, from a common ancestor. A gotta name is always distinguished from the personal name, the name drawn from place of origin or residence, or from occupation, and lastly from the nick-name. It probably means agnate rather than cognate. About a score of gotta names are known. They are all assigned to the Buddha's time. See also Rh.D. D.B. I 27, 195 f. °jāti gotta lakkhaṇa Snp 1004; gotta salakkhaṇa Snp 1018; Ādiccā nāma gottena, Sākiyā nāma jātiyā Snp 423; jāti gotta kula Ja II 3; jātiyā gottena bhogena sadisa "equal in rank, lineage and wealth" Dhp-a II 218. — evaṃ-gotta (adjective) belonging to such and such an ancestry M I 429; II 20, 33; kathaṃ° of what lineage, or: what is your family name? D I 92; nānā° (plural) of various families Pv II 9 16 . — With nāma (name and lineage, or nomen et cognomen ): nāma-gottaṃ Vin I 93; II 239; D I 92 (explained at Sv I 257: paññatti-vasena nāmaṃ paveṇi-vasena gottaṃ: the name for recognition, the surname for lineage); Snp 648; Vv 84 45 (with nāma and nāma-dheyya; explained at Vv-a 348-349: nāma-dheyya, as Tisso, Phusso, etc.; gotta, as Bhaggavo, Bhāradvājo, etc.). — gottena by the ancestral name: Vin I 93; D II 154; Snp 1019; Dhp 393; gottato same Ja I 56. Examples: Ambaṭṭha Kaṇhāyana-gottena D I 92; Vipassī Koṇḍañño-g.; Kakāsandho Kassapo-g.; Bhagavā Gotamo-g. D II 3; Nāgito Kassapo-g. Sv I 310; Vasudevo Kaṇho-g. Pv-a 94. -thaddha conceited as regards descent (+ jāti° and dhana°) Snp 104; -pañha question about one's family name Snp 456; -paṭisārin (adjective) relying on lineage D I 99 (cf. D.B. I 122); A V 327 f. ; -bandhava connected by family ties (ñāti° + g.) Nidd II §455; -rakkhita protected by a (good) name Snp 315; Vv-a 72; -vāda talk over lineage, boasting as regards descent D I 99.
(neuter) exogamous kinship group, claiming descent from a common ancestor (often a vedic ṛṣi); a sept, a clan; the clan name; a related group or class; a group of similar individuals or concepts; a religious group; (masculine plural) the (members) of the kinship group
【中】 氏族，祖先。
(nt, nt, abstr, from go) family clan; ancestry; lineage; descent clan, ancestry [lit.] cow pen Construction: go + tta
(adj, adj, from go) belonging to a family clan; of lineage belonging to a family clan Construction: go + tta