Pāli Dictionary

vaṃsa1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kaṭṭhaka

general

  • 竹；竹子

  • 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

  • 竹竿杂技；爬竹竿表演

  • 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

  • 屋脊梁（横梁）

  • ridge-pole of a roof

vaṃsa2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 世系；家族传承；血统；传统

  • 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

  • 跋蹉人的国家，十六大国之一，位于憍萨罗以南，都城憍赏弥临阎牟那河，佛陀时代由优填王统治。

  • 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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