गौतमीपुत्र (gautamIputra)
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EnglishIndian Epigraphical Glossary
EnglishGautamī-putra (IE 2-8), metronymic meaning ‘the son of
a lady born in a family belonging to the Gautama gotra’. Such
metronymics refer to the absence of gotr-āntara (i. e. the change
of the bride's paternal gotra to that of her husband at the time
of marriage) in a popular form of ancient Indian marriage.
Vedic Reference
EnglishGautamī-putra (‘son of a female descendant of Gotama’)
is mentioned in the Kāṇva recension of the Bṛhadāraṇyaka
Upaniṣad (vi. 5, 2) as a pupil of Bhāradvājīputra. In the
Mādhyaṃdina (vi. 4, 31) a Gautamīputra is a pupil of Ātreyī-
putra, pupil of a Gautamīputra, pupil of Vātsīputra. See also
Gotamīputra.
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