vaṃśa वंश vaṃśá m. (derivation doubtful) the bamboo cane or any cane (accord. to, [L.] also ‘sugarcane’ and ‘Shorea Robusta’), [RV.] &c. &c. the upper timbers or beams of a house, the rafters or laths fastened to the beams (of a roof; cf. prācīna-v°), [AV.] &c. &c. a cross-beam, joist, joint, [VarBṛS.] a reed-pipe, flute, fife, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.] the back-bone, spine, [VarBṛS.]; [BhP.] a hollow or tubular bone, [R. (B.)], Sch. the upper nasal bone, [L.] the central projecting part of a scimitar or sabre, [VarBṛS.] the line of a pedigree or genealogy (from its resemblance to the succession of joints in a bamboo), lineage, race, family, stock, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (esp. a noble race, a dynasty of kings, a list of teachers &c.; cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 19], Sch.) offspring, a son, [BhP.] (ifc.) a succession or collection of similar things, assemblage multitude, host (as of chariots, stars &c.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. a partic. measure of length (= 10 Hastas), [Līl.] a partic. musical note, [Śiś.] pride, arrogance, [Vās.] bamboo-manna, [L.] N. of Viṣṇu, [L.] vaṃśagā वंशगा vaṃśa—gā f. id., [L.] vaṃśaja वंशज vaṃśa—ja mfn. made of or produced from bamboo, [W.] born in the family of, belonging to the family of (loc. or comp.), [Kāv.]; [Var.]; [Rājat.] belonging to the same family (plur. with prāktanāḥ = forefathers, ancestors), [Kāv.] sprung from a good family, [W.] vaṃśa—ja m. the seed of the bamboo, [L.] vaṃśa—ja n. and f(A). bamboo-manna, [L.] vaṃśaka वंशक m. a kind of large sugar-cane, [Suśr.] a tubular bone, [R. (B.)], Sch. a small fish, Cynoglossus Lingua, [L.] N. of a prince, [VP.] n. Agallochum, [L.] vaṃśabhṛt वंशभृत् vaṃśa—bhṛt m. the supporter or perpetuator of a family, head of a race, [MBh.]; [Kathās.] vaṃśaṛṣi वंशऋषि vaṃśa—ṛṣi m. a Ṛṣi mentioned in a Vaṃśa-Brāhmaṇa (or list of ancient teachers), [Śaṃk.] vaṃśakṛt वंशकृत् vaṃśa—kṛt mfn. = vaṃśa-karma-kṛt, [R.] vaṃśa—kṛt m. the founder of a family, [BhP.] vaṃśastha वंशस्थ vaṃśa—stha n. (or f(A). ?) a partic. metre (= vaṃśasthavila), [Piṅg.] vaṃśabhāra वंशभार vaṃśa—bhāra m. a load of bamboo, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 50.] vaṃśabhava वंशभव vaṃśa—bhava mfn. ‘made of bamboo’ and ‘descended from a noble race’, [Bhām.] vaṃśadhārā वंशधारा vaṃśa—dhārā f. N. of a river rising in the Mahendra mountains, [VP.] vaṃśadhara वंशधर vaṃśa—dhara mfn. carrying or holding a bamboo-cane &c., [W.] maintaining or supporting a family, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. vaṃśa—dhara m. the continuer of a family, [VP.] a descendant, [BhP.] (with mitra) N. of an author, [Cat.] vaṃśadalā वंशदला vaṃśa—dalā f. a kind of plant or grass (= vaṃśa-pattrī, jīrikā), [L.] vaṃśahīna वंशहीन vaṃśa—hīna mfn. destitute of family or descendants, having no kindred, [Hit.] vaṃśakapha वंशकफ vaṃśa—kapha n. ‘bamboo-phlegm’, cottony or flocculent seeds floating in the air, [L.] vaṃśakarā वंशकरा vaṃśa—karā (ā), f. N. of a river rising in the Mahendra mountains, [MārkP.] vaṃśakara वंशकर vaṃśa—kara m. making or founding a family, propagating or perpetuating a race, [MBh.]; [R.] vaṃśa—kara m. an ancestor, [ib.] a son, [Vikr.] N. of a man, [Cat.] vaṃśalūna वंशलून vaṃśa—lūna mfn. cut off from one's family, alone in the world, [Ml.] vaṃśamūla वंशमूल vaṃśa—mūla n. the root of the sugar-cane, [L.] vaṃśamaya वंशमय vaṃśa—maya mf(I)n. made of bamboo, [KātyŚr.], Sch. vaṃśanātha वंशनाथ vaṃśa—nātha m. the head of a family, chief of a race, [R.] vaṃśanāḍī वंशनाडी vaṃśa—nāḍikā or vaṃśa—nāḍī, f. a pipe or tube made of bamboo, [Kathās.] vaṃśapīta वंशपीत vaṃśa—pīta m. a kind of bdellium, [L.] vaṃśapota वंशपोत vaṃśa—pota m. ‘bamboo shoot’ and ‘child of a good family’, [Vās.] vaṃśarāja वंशराज vaṃśa—rāja m. a high or lofty bamboo, [Hariv.] N. of a king (-kula n. his race), [Lalit.] vaṃśayava वंशयव vaṃśa—yava m. the grain of bamboo, [L.] vaṃśabhojya वंशभोज्य vaṃśa—bhojya mfn. to be possessed by a family, hereditary vaṃśa—bhojya n. (with rajya) an hereditary estate, [MBh.] vaṃśadhānya वंशधान्य vaṃśa—dhānya m. n. the seed of the bamboo, [L.] vaṃśadhārin वंशधारिन् vaṃśa—dhārin mfn. = vaṃśa-dhara, [Pañcar.] vaṃśabāhya वंशबाह्य vaṃśa—bāhya mf(A)n. repudiated by a family, [Hcar.] vaṃśagoptṛ वंशगोप्तृ vaṃśa—goptṛ m. the supporter or preserver of a family, [MBh.] vaṃśagulma वंशगुल्म vaṃśa—gulma N. of a sacred bathing-place, [MBh.] vaṃśakīrti वंशकीर्ति vaṃśa—kīrti mfn. having family renown, celebrated, [W.] vaṃśakṛtya वंशकृत्य vaṃśa—kṛtya n. flute-playing, [Ragh.] vaṃśakṣīrī वंशक्षीरी vaṃśa—kṣīrī f. bamboo-manna, [L.] vaṃśakṣaya वंशक्षय vaṃśa—kṣaya m. family decay, [W.] vaṃśanetra वंशनेत्र vaṃśa—netra n. a kind of sugar-cane, the root of sugar-cane (= ikṣu-mūla), [L.] vaṃśapātra वंशपात्र vaṃśa—pātra n. a bamboo vessel (also f(I). ), [KātyŚr.], Sch. vaṃśapuṣpā वंशपुष्पा vaṃśa—puṣpā f. a species of creeper, [L.] vaṃśasthiti वंशस्थिति vaṃśa—sthiti f. the state or condition of a family, [Kālid.] vaṃśastūpa वंशस्तूप vaṃśa—stūpa n. the uppermost beam of a house (that supports the roof), [ĀpGṛ.], Sch. vaṃśavarṇa वंशवर्ण vaṃśa—varṇa m. the chick pea, Cicer Arietinum, [L.] vaṃśavṛddhi वंशवृद्धि vaṃśa—vṛddhi f. prosperity of a family, [W.] vaṃśaghaṭikā वंशघटिका vaṃśa—ghaṭikā f. a kind of children's game, [Divyāv.] vaṃśaśalākā वंशशलाका vaṃśa—śalākā f. a bamboo peg or screw at the lower end of a Vinā or lute, (accord. to some) the bamboo pipe that forms the body of the lute, [L.] any small bamboo pin or stake (as the bar of a cage &c.), [W.] vaṃśacchettṛ वंशच्छेत्तृ vaṃśa—cchettṛ m. one who cuts off the line of descent, the last of a family or race, [VarBṛS.] vaṃśacarita वंशचरित vaṃśa—carita n. family history, the history of a race or dynasty, genealogy, [W.] vaṃśakaṭhina वंशकठिन vaṃśa—kaṭhina m. a clump or thicket of bamboos, [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 72], Sch. (cf. vāṃśakathinika). vaṃśakarman वंशकर्मन् vaṃśa—karman n. bamboo-work, manufacture of baskets &c. vaṃśalakṣmī वंशलक्ष्मी vaṃśa—lakṣmī f. the family fortune, [MW.] vaṃśalocanā वंशलोचना vaṃśa—rocanā or vaṃśa—locanā, f. an earthy concretion of a milk white colour formed in the hollow of a bamboo and called bamboo-manna, [L.] (also -locana, [Car.]) vaṃśamūlaka वंशमूलक vaṃśa—mūlaka n. N. of a sacred bathing-place, [MBh.] vaṃśanālikā वंशनालिका vaṃśa—nālikā f. a pipe made of bamboo, a reed, flute, [L.] (cf. nāḍikā). vaṃśanāḍikā वंशनाडिका vaṃśa—nāḍikā or vaṃśa—nāḍī, f. a pipe or tube made of bamboo, [Kathās.] vaṃśanartin वंशनर्तिन् vaṃśa—nartín m. ‘family-dancer’, a buffoon, [VS.] vaṃśapūraka वंशपूरक vaṃśa—pūraka n. the root of the sugar-cane (= ikṣu-mūla), [L.] vaṃśapattrī वंशपत्त्री vaṃśa—pattrī (ī), f. a partic. kind of grass, [L.] the resin of Gardenia Gummifera, [Bhpr.] vaṃśapattra वंशपत्त्र vaṃśa—pattra n. a bamboo-leaf, [VarBṛS.] sulphuret of arsenic, [L.] a kind of metre (= vaṃśa-pattra-patita), [Col.] vaṃśa—pattra m. a reed, [L.] vaṃśarocanā वंशरोचना vaṃśa—rocanā or vaṃśa—locanā, f. an earthy concretion of a milk white colour formed in the hollow of a bamboo and called bamboo-manna, [L.] (also -locana, [Car.]) vaṃśavardhin वंशवर्धिन् vaṃśa—vardhin mfn. = prec. [MBh.] vaṃśavartin वंशवर्तिन् vaṃśa—vartin m. a partic. class of gods in the third Manv-antara, [VP.] vaṃśavitati वंशवितति vaṃśa—vitati f. a clump or thicket of bamboos, [Kir.] family descent, [W.] vaṃśaśarkarā वंशशर्करा vaṃśa—śarkarā f. = -rocanā, [L.] vaṃśacintaka वंशचिन्तक vaṃśa—cintaka m. an investigator of pedigrees, genealogist, [Hariv.] vaṃśamṛnmaya वंशमृन्मय vaṃśa—mṛn-maya mf(I)n. made of bamboo and clay, [L.] vaṃśaniśreṇī वंशनिश्रेणी vaṃśa—niśreṇī f. a ladder made of bamboo, [Pañcat.] vaṃśasthavila वंशस्थविल vaṃśa—sthavila n. the hollow or cavity of a bamboo cane N. of a species of Jagatī metre (used in the beginning of the Ṛtu-saṃhāra), [Chandom.] vaṃśastanita वंशस्तनित vaṃśa—stanita v.l. for -sthavila, [Chandom.] vaṃśataṇḍula वंशतण्डुल vaṃśa—taṇḍula m. the seed of the bamboo, [L.] vaṃśavardhana वंशवर्धन vaṃśa—vardhana mf(I)n. increasing or prospering a family, [Vikr.] vaṃśa—vardhana n. the act of causing prosperity to a family, [R.] vaṃśa—vardhana m. a son, [Daś.] vaṃśaviśuddha वंशविशुद्ध vaṃśa—viśuddha mfn. (made) of a good bamboo, [W.] of a pure or good family, [ib.] vaṃśavistara वंशविस्तर vaṃśa—vistara m. a complete genealogy, [VP.] vaṃśabrāhmaṇa वंशब्राह्मण vaṃśa—brāhmaṇa n. N. of a Brāhmaṇa (belonging to the Sāma-veda and containing a chronological list of ancient teachers) of a part of the Śata-patha Brāhmaṇa, [xiv, 5, 5, 20]-[22]. vaṃśacarmakṛt वंशचर्मकृत् vaṃśa—carma-kṛt m. a worker in bamboo and leather, [R.] vaṃśakarmakṛt वंशकर्मकृत् vaṃśa—kar°ma-kṛt mfn. doing bamboo- or basket-work, [R.] vaṃśapattraka वंशपत्त्रक vaṃśa—pattraka m. (only [L.]) a reed white sugar-cane a sort of fish, Cynoglossus Lingua vaṃśa—pattraka n. yellow orpiment, [L.] vaṃśarājakula वंशराजकुल vaṃśa—rāja—kula n., the race of vaṃśarāja vaṃśasamācāra वंशसमाचार vaṃśa—samācāra m. family usage, [W.] vaṃśavidāriṇī वंशविदारिणी vaṃśa—vidāriṇī f. a woman whose employment is to split bamboo, [MW.] vaṃśakramāgata वंशक्रमागत vaṃśa—kramāgata mfn. descended or inherited lineally, coming from a family in regular succession, obtained by family inheritance, [Kām.]; [Hit.] vaṃśaparamparā वंशपरम्परा vaṃśa—paramparā f. family succession, lineage, descent, [W.] vaṃśarājyadhara वंशराज्यधर vaṃśa—rājya-dhara mfn. perpetuating race and dominion, [Kathās.] vaṃśapātrakāriṇī वंशपात्रकारिणी vaṃśa—pātra—kāriṇī f. a woman who makes bamboo vessels or baskets, [MW.] vaṃśapattrapatita वंशपत्त्रपतित vaṃśa—pattra—patita mfn. fallen on a bamboo-leaf vaṃśa—pattra—patita n. a species of metre, [VarBṛS.] vaṃśakarpūrarocanā वंशकर्पूररोचना vaṃśa—karpūra-rocanā f. = vaṃśa-rocanā, [L.] vaṃśapattraharitāla वंशपत्त्रहरिताल vaṃśa—pattra—haritāla n. bamboo-leaved orpiment, [L.] vaṃśapratiṣṭhānakāra वंशप्रतिष्ठानकार vaṃśa—pratiṣṭhāna-kāra m. one who establishes his family on a firm foundation, [R.] vaṃśakramāhitagaurava वंशक्रमाहितगौरव vaṃśa—kramāhita-gaurava mfn. highly esteemed by the successive generations of a family, [Hcar.]