Pāli Dictionary

vaṃsa1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kaṭṭhaka

general

  • 竹；竹の木

  • 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

  • 竹竿での曲芸

  • 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

  • 竹笛

  • bamboo flute

  • 屋根の棟木

  • ridge-pole of a roof

vaṃsa2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 血統；家系；伝統

  • 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

  • 十六大国の一つで、コーサラの南に位置し、ヤムナー川沿いのコーサンビーを都とし、仏陀の時代にはウデーナが統治していたヴァンサ族の国。

  • 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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