vaṃśa वंश – flute
substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive masculine
flute
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
vaṃśá ·m. cane, esp. of the bamboo; rafter, lath; reed-pipe, flute (also f. ī); the spine; lineage, family, race.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
vaṃśa vaṃśa, as, m. (said to be fr. rt. 1. van, to sound, or connected with rt. vaṅk), a bamboo cane, bamboo; a staff; a term for the rafters and laths fastened to the beams of a house (as generally made of split bamboos), or laths running across a roof [cf. prācīna-vaṃśa, prāg-vaṃśa], a cross-beam, joint; a sort of sugar-cane; the Śāl tree, Shorea Robusta; a reed-pipe, tube, flute, pipe, fife; the back-bone, spine [cf. pṛṣṭha-v˚]; the central projecting part of a cimeter or sabre; the joints in a bamboo; the line of a pedigree or genealogy (from its resemblance to the succession of joints in a bamboo), a lineage, race, family, stock; offspring, a son; a dynasty, race of kings; a succession or collection of similar things (as of chariots, stars, &c.), an assemblage, multitude, host; a particular measure of length (= 10 Hastas); bamboo-manna; N. of Viṣṇu ?; (ā), f., N. of an Apsaras (a daughter of Prādhā); (ī), f. a flute, pipe; an artery, vein; a particular weight (= 4 Kar- shas); bamboo-manna; [cf. Goth. rausa, ‘a reed;’ Old Germ. rohr.]
Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive masculine
vaṃśá 1〉 m. SIDDH. K. 249,b,1 v. u. a〉 Rohr, besonders des Bambus (AK. 2,4,5,26. AK. 3,4,11,45. AK. 3,4,28,216. TRIK. 2,4,38. H. 1153. H. an. 2,554. MED. ś. 12. HĀR. 176. HĀR. 270. HALĀY. 2,49; nach RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. auch Zuckerrohr und Shorea robusta); 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 (vgl. prācīnavaṃśa u. s. w.). NIR. 5,5. indra̱mudva̱ṃśamìva yemire ṚV. 1,10,1. AV. 3,12,6. AV. 9,3,4. yathā̱ śālā̀yai̱ pakṣàsī madhya̱maṃ va̱ṃśama̱bhisàmā̱yacchàti TBR. 1,2,3,1. ŚAT. BR. 9,1,2,25. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2,8,13. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2,9,1. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 17,10,9. KAUŚ. 36. KAUŚ. 41. KAUŚ. 74. KAUŚ. 93. KAUŚ. 135. AIT. UP._in_Ind. St. 1,391. udīcīna˚ ŚAT. BR. 3,1,1,7. udagvaṃśa KĀTY. ŚR. 4,7,9. — dhvajamindīvaraśyāmaṃ vaṃśaṃ kanakabhūṣaṇam MBH. 3,1721. vaṃśaiśca yāmunaiḥ R. 2,55,8. śuṣkairvaṃśaiḥ R. 2,55,14. ṚT. 1,25. R. GORR. 2,55,7. anatiprauḍhavaṃśaprakāśa MEGH. 77. SUŚR. 1,110,8. SUŚR. 1,187,1. SUŚR. 2,26,18. SUŚR. 2,331,6. ˚karīra SUŚR. 1,224,4. VĀGBH. 6,100. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 44,4. ˚pātrī Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 609,2. jarjara˚ PAÑCAT. 117,6. PAÑCAT. 117,7. HIT. 27,15. HIT. 32,9. vakravaṃśasya saralatvam Verz. d. Oxf. H. 155,b,22. vaṃśo nāma sthūṇāsu nihitastiryagveṇuḥ Comm. zu BHĀG. P. 11,8,32. Querbalken, Querstrich, Diagonale (= koṇātkoṇagatāni sūtrāṇi Comm.) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 33,57. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 33,65. Bambus und zugleich Stamm, Geschlecht Spr. 679. Spr. 2397. Spr. 2429. — b〉 Rohrpfeife, Flöte H. 287. DHAR._im_ŚKDR. MṚCCH. 49,2. RAGH. 2,12. RĀJA-TAR. 5,362. — — c〉 Rückgrat TRIK. 3,3,432. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 5,17. cāruvaṃśaḥ kūrmaḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 64,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 64,3. cāpasamānavaṃśāḥ Elephanten VARĀH. BṚH. S. 67,1. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 67,6. BHĀG. P. 11,8,32. — d〉 Röhrknochen: aṣṭavaṃśavant R. 5,32,14. vaṃśaśabdena dairghyaṃ vivakṣitam bāhū ca nalakāvūrū jaṅghe cetyaṣṭa vaṃśakāḥ . nalakāvaṅgulyāviti (!) tīrthaḥ Comm. in der ed. Bomb._zu_R. 5,35,19. — e〉 der höhere mittlere Theil eines Schwertes (khaḍgamadhyoccabhāga Comm.) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,3. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,4. — f〉 ein best. Längenmaass, = 10 Hasta LĪLĀV. 1,6. — g〉 Stammbaum (nach der Aehnlichkeit der sich aneinander fügenden Glieder eines Rohres); Stamm, Geschlecht AK. 2,7,1. AK. 3,4,28,216. H. 503. H. an. MED. HĀR. 270. HALĀY. 2,241. ŚAT. BR. 10,6,5,9. ŚAT. BR. 14,9,3,14. Ind. St. 4,374. pitṛ˚, mātṛ˚ ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,10. vivṛddhyarthaṃ svavaṃśasya M. 9,128. MBH. 3,1856. fg. MBH. 3,1859. goptā niṣadhavaṃśasya MBH. 3,2478. ubhau vaṃśau (d. i. des Vaters und der Mutter) Spr. 5089. R. 1,1,10. R. 1,1,92. R. 1,5,3. RAGH. 1,2. RAGH. 2,33. vaṃśasya kartā RAGH. 64. RAGH. 12,88. MEGH. 6. ŚĀK. 12. ŚĀK. 7,4. ŚĀK. 91,13. śaśinastulyavaṃśaḥ Spr. 1992. Spr. 2694. sa jāto yena jātena yāti vaṃśaḥ sumannatim Spr. 3107. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,3. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 78,10. sadvaṃśajāta KATHĀS. 21,98. BHĀG. P. 3,7,25. BHĀG. P. 3,10,26. BHĀG. P. 9,22,43. DHŪRTAS. 67,3. ˚hīna HIT. 10,20. MADHUS._in_Ind. St. 1,18,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 8,a,15. H. 252. Geschlecht, Stamm und zugleich Bambus Spr. 679. Spr. 2397. Spr. 2429. vaṃśa ist nicht nur Geschlechtsregister (abhijanapratibandha KĀŚ._zu_P. 4,1,163), sondern auch Lehrerliste: vaṃśo dvidhā . vidyāvaṃśo janmavaṃśaśca Schol. zu P. 2,1,19. — h〉 Sohn: nṛgasya vaṃśaḥ sumatiḥ BHĀG. P. 9,2,17. — i〉 eine Menge gleichartiger Dinge TRIK. H. an. MED. ratha˚ (s. bes.), syandana˚ RAGH. 7,36. nakṣatra˚ HARIV. 10258 (pl.). R. GORR. 1,62,22 (vgl. nakṣatragaṇa R. GORR. 1,62,23). tīrtha˚ MBH. 1,347. — k〉 Tabaschir WILSON nach ŚABDAR. — l〉 Bein. Viṣṇuʼs (!) H. ś. 75. — 2〉 f. ā N. pr. einer Apsaras, einer Tochter der Prādhā, MBH. 1,2553. — 3〉 f. ī a〉 Flöte AK. 1,1,7,4. ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. PAÑCAR. 4,6,5. ˚rava GĪT. 9,11. — b〉 Blutgefäss H. ś. 128 (fehlerhaft taṃśī). — c〉 ein best. Gewicht, = 4 Karṣa RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — d〉 Tabaschir WILSON nach ŚABDAR. — Vgl. a˚, ādi˚, indravaṃśā, udvaṃśa, karṇa˚, kṣudravaṃśā, nālavaṃśa, nāsā˚, pari˚, pṛṣṭha˚, prāgvaṃśa, prācīna˚, raghu˚, ratha˚, rāja˚, sa˚, soma˚, hari˚, vāṃśika.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
vaṃśa 3〉c〉 = trasareṇu BHĀVAPR. und ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,1,11. ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,1,14. — Vgl. dhvaṃsī.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
vaṃśá — 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 ŚIŚ. 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 ŚIŚ. 2,90. — o〉 Stolz, Hochmuth VĀSAV. 248,2. — p〉 *Tabaschir. — q〉 *Bein. Viṣṇuʼs (?). — 2〉 f. vaṃśā N. pr. einer Apsaras. — 3〉 f. vaṃśī — a〉 Flöte. — b〉 *Blutgefäss. — c〉 ein best. Körpermaass. — d〉 *ein best. Gewicht, = 4 Karṣa. — e〉 *Tabaschir.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
vaṃśaḥ [vamati udgirati vam-śa tasya netvam Tv.] 1 A bamboo; dhanurvaṃśaviśuddho'pi nirguṇaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati H. Pr. 23; vaṃśabhavo guṇavānapi saṃgaviśeṣeṇa pūjyate puruṣaḥ Bv. 1. 80 (where vaṃśa has sense ([Page 0936-1b]) 2 also); Me. 79. 2 A race, family, dynasty, lineage; sa jāto yena jātena yāti vaṃśaḥ samunnatiṃ H. 2; sūryaprabhavo vaṃśaḥ R. 1. 2 &c.; see vaṃśakara, vaṃśasthiti &c. 3 A shaft. 4 A flute, pipe, reed-pipe; kūjadbhirāpāditavaṃ śakṛtyaṃ R. 2. 12. 5 A collection, assemblage, multitude (usually of similar things); sāṃdrīkṛtaḥ syaṃdanavaṃśacakraiḥ R. 7. 39. 6 A cross-beam. 7 A joint (in a bamboo). 8 A sort of sugar-cane. 9 The back-bone. 10 The Śāla tree. 11 A particular measure of length (equal to ten hastas). 12 The central projecting part of a sabre. 13 Bamboo-manna. Comp. — agraṃ, -aṃkuraḥ 1 the tip or end of a bamboo-cane. 2 the ([Page 0936-1c]) shoot of a bamboo. — anukīrtanaṃ genealogy. — anukramaḥ genealogy. — anucaritaṃ the history of a dynasty or family. — āgata a. inherited. — āvalī a pedigree, genealogy. — āhvaḥ bamboo-manna. — kaṭhinaḥ a thicket of bamboos. — kaphaṃ cottony seeds floating in the air. — kara a. 1 founding a family. 2 perpetuating a race; vaṃśasthitiṃ vaṃśakareṇa tena R. 18. 31. — (raḥ) 1 a son; tvayi samutpannasya vaṃśakarasya mukhaṃ prekṣiṣyate V. 5. 2 an ancestor. — karpūrarocanā, -rocanā, -locanā bamboo-manna. — kṛt m. the founder or perpetuator of a family. — kramaḥ family succession. — kṣī rī bamboo-manna. — caritaṃ the history of a family. — ciṃtakaḥ a genealogist. — chettṛ a ([Page 0937-a]) the last of a family. — ja a. 1 born in the family of; R. 1. 31. 2 made of bamboos. 3 sprung from a good family. — (jaḥ) 1 progeny, issue, lineal descendant. 2 the seed of the bamboo. — (jaṃ) bamboo-manna. — (jā) bamboo-manna. — taṃḍulaḥ ths seed of the bamboo. — dhara a. 1 perpetuating a family; U. 7. 3. 2 supporting a family. — dhānyaṃ = vaṃśataṃḍula q. v. — nartin m. a buffoon. — nāḍi (lī) kā a pipe made of bamboo. — nāthaḥ the chief or head of a race. — netraṃ the root of sugarcane. — patraṃ a bamboo-leaf. — (traḥ) a reed. — patrakaḥ 1 a reed. 2 a white kind of sugar-cane. — (kaṃ) yellow orpiment. — paraṃparā lineal descent, family succession. — pūrakaṃ the root of sugarcane. — bhṛt m. the supporter or head of a family. — bhojya a. hereditary. — (jyaṃ) a hereditary estate. — rājaḥ a very high bamboo. — lakṣmīḥ f. the fortune of a family. — vitatiḥ f. 1 a family, descent. 2 a thicket of bamboos. — śarkarā bamboo-manna. — śalākā a small bamboo peg at the lower end of a Vīṇā. — sthitiḥ f. the perpetuation of a family; R. 18. 31; V. 5. 15.
Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
vaṃśá m. Rohr, bes. Bambus; Balken, Sparre, Rohrpfeife, Flöte; Stamm, Geschlecht.
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
vaṃśa vaṃśa m. race, lignée, famille. Réunion, multitude. Roseau, bambou. Epine dorsale. — M. f. [ī] flûte, chalumeau. vaṃśaka m. esp. de canne à sucre. Esp. de sole, poisson. — N. f. (vaṃśikā) bois d'aloès. — F. flûte, pipeau. vaṃśakapha n. (kapha) flocon de coton. vaṃśakṣīrī f. suc concret du bambou. vaṃśaja a. (jan) issu d'une noble race. — S. n. et f. [ā] manne de bambou. vaṃśanālikā f. tube de roseau; pipeau, chalumeau, flûte. [Page573-2] vaṃśapatraka m. esp. de sole, poisson. — N. orpiment jaune. vaṃśarocanā f. manne de bambou. vaṃśalocanā f. mms. vaṃśacalākā f. cheville de bambou; tige de bambou formant le corps d'une vīṇā. vaṃśika n. f. [ā] bois d'aloës. vaṃśya a. (sfx. ya) de bonne famille. — S. m. fils; élève.
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