vaṃśa (m)
Meanings
- (architect.) a ridge beam
- a cross-beam
- a dynasty of kings
- a hollow or tubular bone
- a list of teachers
- a particular measure of length (= 10 Hastas)
- a particular musical note
- a reed-pipe
- a son
- a succession or collection of similar things
- arrogance
- assemblage multitude
- bamboo-manna
- Bambusa apus Schult.F.
- Bambusa bambos Druce
- Bambusa orientalis Nees
- Dendrocalamus strictus Nees
- family
- fife
- flute
- host (as of chariots)
- joint
- joist
- lineage race
- name of Śiva
- offspring
- pride
- Saccharum officinarum Linn.
- Shorea robusta Gaertn.F.
- spine
- stock
- the back-bone
- the bamboo cane or any cane (also "sugarcane" and "Shorea Robusta")
- the central projecting part of a scimitar or sabre
- the line of a pedigree or genealogy (from its resemblance to the succession of joints in a bamboo)
- the rafters or laths fastened to the beams (of a roof)
- the upper nasal bone
- the upper timbers or beams of a house
Sememes
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