Pāli Dictionary

vaṃsa1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kaṭṭhaka

general

  • बाँस

  • 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

  • बाँस के खम्भे पर करतब

  • 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

  • बाँस की बाँसुरी

  • bamboo flute

  • छत की मेड़

  • ridge-pole of a roof

vaṃsa2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • वंश; कुल-परंपरा

  • 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

  • वंसा जाति का देश, सोलह महाजनपदों में से एक, कोसल के दक्षिण में स्थित, यमुना तट पर कोसंबी राजधानी सहित, बुद्ध के समय उदेन द्वारा शासित।

  • 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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