Definition of "gotra" [gotra]

• The lineage or clan assigned to a Hindu at birth. (noun)

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• ""The diktats and fatwas issued by so-called gotra khaps on breaking of marriages and other similar issues would lead to Talibanization of society as such decisions were illegal and against the constitution," said Jat leader and former minister Shamsher Singh Surjewala."
• "Dharmashastras that say that a Kshatriya or a Vaishya (perhaps they travelled so much, or perhaps because they gave good dakshina), if he cannot recall his gotra, can avail of his guru's or family priest's gotra as his own?"
• "Manoj (23) and Babli (19), who hailed from Karora village in Kaithal district, got married on May 18, 2007 against the wishes of the khap panchayat and the girl's family as the two belonged to the same 'gotra'."