Vamsha, Vaṃśa, Vāṃśa, Vaṃśā, Vamsa: 37 definitions

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Vamsha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. 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.

Vamsha has 36 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Vaṃśa and Vāṃśa and Vaṃśā can be transliterated into English as Vamsa or Vamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vansh.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Vaṃśa (वंश):—

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Vāṃśa (वांश):—

1) adj. von vaṃśa [Śabdakalpadruma] —

2) f. ī = vaṃśarocanā Tabaschīr [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Vaṃśa (वंश):—

3) c) = trasareṇu [Bhāvaprakāśa] und [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 1, 11. 14.] — Vgl. dhvaṃsī .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Vaṃśa (वंश):——

1) m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a) Rohr , insbes. Bambusrohr ; auch *Zuckerrohr und *Shorea robusta. — b) die Sparren und Latten eines Hauses , die auf den Balken aufliegen ; insbes. die in der Längenrichtung des Daches laufenden , welche die Orientirung des Hauses anzeigen. — c) Querbalken , Querstrich , Diagonale. — d) Rohrpfeife , Flöte [Śiśupālavadha 2,90.] — e) Rückgrat. — f) Röhrknochen. — g) der höhere mittlere Theil eines Schwertes. — h) ein best. Längenmaass , = 10 Hasta. — i) Stammbaum , Stamm , Geschlecht. — k) Sohn. — l) ein edles Geschlecht ; vgl. bhava. — m) am Ende eines Comp. eine Menge gleichartiger Dinge. Auch Pl. — n) ein best. musikalischer Ton [Śiśupālavadha 2,90.] — o) Stolz , Hochmuth [Vāsavadattā 248,2.] — p) *Tabaschir. — q) *Beiname Viṣṇu’s (?). —

2) f. vaṃśā Nomen proprium einer Apsaras. —

3) f. vaṃśī — a) Flöte. — b) *Blutgefäss. — c) ein best. Körpermaass. — d) *ein best. Gewicht , = 4 Karṣa. — e) *Tabaschir.

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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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