Pāli Dictionary

vaṃsa1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kaṭṭhaka

general

  • bambou

  • bamboo; bamboo tree

  • AN 8.30

    tena kho pana samayena āyasmā anuruddho cetīsu viharati pācīnavaṃsadāye

  • SN 47.19

    tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi, bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, caṇḍālavaṃsiko caṇḍālavaṃsaṃ ussāpetvā medakathālikaṃ antevāsiṃ āmantesi

  • acrobatie sur perche de bambou

  • acrobatics on a raised bamboo pole; bamboo-pole performance

  • DN 1

    seyyath'idaṃ, naccaṃ gītaṃ vāditaṃ pekkhaṃ akkhānaṃ pāṇissaraṃ vetāḷaṃ kumbhathūṇaṃ sobhanakaṃ caṇḍālaṃ vaṃsaṃ dhovanaṃ hatthiyuddhaṃ assayuddhaṃ mahiṃsayuddhaṃ usabhayuddhaṃ ajayuddhaṃ meṇḍayuddhaṃ kukkuṭayuddhaṃ vaṭṭakayuddhaṃ

  • flûte de bambou

  • bamboo flute

  • faîtière du toit

  • ridge-pole of a roof

vaṃsa2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • lignée; ascendance; tradition

  • lineage; heritage; family line; tradition

  • MN 96

    ariyaṃ kho ahaṃ, brāhmaṇa, lok'uttaraṃ dhammaṃ purisassa sandhanaṃ paññapemi. porāṇaṃ kho pan'assa mātāpettikaṃ kulavaṃsaṃ anussarato yattha yatth'eva attabhāvassa abhinibbatti hoti tena ten'eva saṅkhyaṃ gacchati.

Encyclopedia

Vaṃsā
Place

  • Le pays du peuple Vaṃsā, l’un des seize grands pays, situé au sud du Kosala avec pour capitale Kosambī sur la Yamunā, gouverné à l’époque du Bouddha par Udena.

  • The country of the Vaṃsā people, one of the sixteen great countries, lying south of Kosala with its capital at Kosambī on the Yamunā, ruled in the Buddha’s time by Udena.

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