Gotraja, Gōtraja: 10 definitions

Introduction:

Gotraja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gōtraja (गोत्रज).—a (S) pop. gōtrī a Related. gōtrapuruṣa or gōtrabandhu m (S) A kinsman: In law the terms are applied to kindred of the same general family; as opp. to bandhu or cognate kin.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

gōtraja (गोत्रज).—a Related.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gotraja (गोत्रज).—mf.

(-jaḥ-jā) A relation: in law, the term is nearly equivalent to the Gentile of Roman law, and is applied to kindred of the same general family, who are connected by offerings of food and water, and stands opposed to the Bandh'u or cognate kin, who do not partake in the offerings to the common ancestors: see bandhu. E. gotra as above, ja born. gotre samāne vaṃśe jāyate jana-ḍa .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gotraja (गोत्रज).—[gotra-ja], adj. Belonging to the same family, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 135.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gotraja (गोत्रज).—[adjective] born in the family, noble; [masculine] a relative.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gotraja (गोत्रज):—[=go-tra-ja] [from go-tra > go] mfn. born in the same family, relation (in law, nearly = ‘Gentile’ of Roman law, and applied to kindred of the same general family, who are connected by offerings of food and water; hence opposed to bandhu or cognate kindred not partaking in the offerings to common ancestors), [Yājñavalkya ii, 135; Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 7, 24; Kathāsaritsāgara vi, xxii, iic]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Gotraja (गोत्रज):—[gotra-ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. A relation.

[Sanskrit to German]

Gotraja in German

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Gōtraja (ಗೋತ್ರಜ):—[noun] a man as related to another coming from the same lineage; one related (to another) by descent in a diverging line from a known common ancestor, as from one’s grandparent; a cognate, cousin, etc.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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