Pāli Dictionary
vaṃsa1
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
竹竿雜技；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
屋脊樑（橫樑）
ridge-pole of a roof
vaṃsa2
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
世系；家族傳承；血統；傳統
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
跋蹉人的國家，十六大國之一，位於憍薩羅以南，都城憍賞彌臨閻牟那河，佛陀時代由優填王統治。
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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