Gotrabhu, Gotrabhū: 5 definitions
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrineslit. 'who has entered the lineage (of the Noble Ones)', i.e. the Matured One.
I. 'Maturity-Moment' (gotrabhū-citta) is the last of the 4 impulsive moments (javana, q.v.; cf. viññāna-kicca) immediately preceding the entering into an absorption (jhāna, q.v.) or into one of the supermundane paths (s. ariya-puggala, A.). Cf. visuddhi VII.
II. The 'Matured One'. "He who is endowed with those things, immediately upon which follows the entrance into the noble path (ariya-magga), this person is called a 'Matured One'." (Pug 10). In the Com. to this passage it is said: "He who through perceiving Nibbāna, leaves behind the whole multitude of worldlings (puthujjana, q.v.), the family of worldlings, the circle of worldlings, the designation of a worldling and enters into the multitude of the Noble Ones, the family of the Noble Ones, the circle of the Noble Ones, and obtains the designation of a Noble One, such a being is called a Matured One." By this state of consciousness is meant the lightning-like transitional stage between the state of a worldling and that of a Sotāpanna; s. ariya-puggala. - Gotrabhū is mentioned in this sense, i.e. as 9th ariyapuggala (q.v.), in A.IX.10; A.X.16.
Source: Dhamma Study: Cetasikaschange of lineage;
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarygotrabhū : (adj.) one who destroys the lineage.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryGotrabhū, “become of the lineage”; a technical term used from the end of the Nikāya period to designate one, whether layman or bhikkhu, who, as converted, was no longer of the worldlings (puthujjanā), but of the Ariyas, having Nibbāna as his aim. It occurs in a supplementary Sutta in the Majjhima (Vol. III, 256), and in another, found in two versions, at the end of the Aṅguttara (A.IV, 373 and V.23). Defined at Pug.12, 13 & Vism.138; amplified at Ps.I, 66—68, frequent in P (Tikap. 154 sq., 165, 324 etc.), mentioned at VvA.155. On the use of gotrabhū in medieval psychology see Aung, in Compendium, 66—68. Comp. the use of upanissaya at J.I, 235.—°ñāṇa, PPA 184; Vism.673. Ā° Vism.683. (Page 255)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryGotrabhū (गोत्रभू).—f. (compare Pali id., a member of the religious communion, see s.v. gotra, 1), in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 266.2 āśritā sarva- bhūteṣu gotrabhūs tarkavarjitā, nivartate kriyāmuktā jñānajñeyavivarjitā, apparently a fem. collective or abstract, the ‘communion of saints’, corresponding to the [Page216-b+ 71] Pali masc. which refers to an individual person. Suzuki, the original source, which is certainly impossible; the word must have some relation to the Pali word, on which see especially Childers, and Lévi, Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) iii.1, note.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gotrabhumi, Gotrabhunana.
Full-text: Matured One, Maturity Knowledge, Anuloma Citta, Ahuneyya Sutta, Upacara Bhavana, Javana, Gotra, Vishuddhi, Ariya Puggala.
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Abhidhamma in Daily Life (by Nina Van Gorkom)
Conditions (by Nina van Gorkom)
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Appanā Thought-Process < [Chapter IV - Analysis of Thought-Processes]
Form Sphere Consciousness < [Chapter I - Different Types of Consciousness]
Different Kind of Purity < [Chapter IX - Mental Culture]
Practicing Insight on Your Own (by Acharn Thawee Baladhammo)
Vipassana Meditation (by Chanmyay Sayadaw)
Part 7 - Knowledge Of Maturity < [Chapter 5 - The Seven Stages Of Purification]
A Survey of Paramattha Dhammas (by Sujin Boriharnwanaket)
Chapter 2 - The Stages of Vipassanā < [Part 5 - The Development Of Insight]
Chapter 1 - The Factors Leading To Enlightenment < [Part 5 - The Development Of Insight]
Chapter 3 - Different Kinds Of Purity < [Part 5 - The Development Of Insight]