Anuvamsha, Anuvaṃśa: 9 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Anuvaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Anuvamsa or Anuvamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Anuvamsha in Purana glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Anuvaṃśa (अनुवंश).—Devāvṛdha and his son Babhru belonged to this line.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 44. 57.
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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Anuvamsha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anuvaṃśa (अनुवंश).—[vaṃśamanugato vṛttāntaḥ]

1) A genealogical table; तत्रानुवंशो रुद्रस्य तं निबोध युधिष्ठिर (tatrānuvaṃśo rudrasya taṃ nibodha yudhiṣṭhira) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.114.1. यत्रानुवंशं भगवान् जामदग्न्यस्तथा जगौ (yatrānuvaṃśaṃ bhagavān jāmadagnyastathā jagau) Mb.

2) Modern race or species; new family.

-śam ind. अत्रानुवंशं पठतः शृणु मे कुरुनन्दन (atrānuvaṃśaṃ paṭhataḥ śṛṇu me kurunandana) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.129.8.

Derivable forms: anuvaṃśaḥ (अनुवंशः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuvaṃśa (अनुवंश).—[anu-vaṃśa], m. A genealogical table, Mahābhārata 1, 3762.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuvaṃśa (अनुवंश).—[masculine] pedigree, lineage, genealogy; [adjective] of equal race, [adverb] according to the race.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Anuvaṃśa (अनुवंश):—[=anu-vaṃśa] m. a genealogical list or table

2) [v.s. ...] collateral branch of a family, [Harivaṃśa]

3) [=anu-vaṃśa] mf(ā)n., of a corresponding family, of equal birth.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuvaṃśa (अनुवंश):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m.

(-śaḥ) 1) A genealogical table, a song embodying such tables or lists. (A comm. renders this word simply with gāthā ‘a song’ and anuvaṃśya with gātavya; the meaning ‘song’ however seems too general and would not always convey a distinct meaning of anuvaṃśa.) Ii. Avyayībh.

(-śam) According to the families or races. (The word ānuvaṃśya is derived from the Avyayībh., not from the [tatpurusha compound]) E. anu and vaṃśa (the E. of I. 1. however according to the comm. mentioned, would have to be in conformity with that given of vaṃśa, vam with anu, kṛt aff. śa).

[Sanskrit to German]

Anuvamsha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Anuvamsha in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anuvaṃśa (ಅನುವಂಶ):—

1) [noun] descent; lineage; ancestry.

2) [noun] a list of ancestors; record of ancestry; family tree.

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Ānuvaṃśa (ಆನುವಂಶ):—[adjective] hereditary a) of or passed down by, heredity; designating or of a characteristic transmitted genetically from generation to generation; b) of or passed down by, inheritance from an ancestor to a legal heir; ancestral; or having title, right, etc. by inheritance.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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