Avamsha, Avaṃśa: 6 definitions
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Avamsha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Avaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Avamsa or Avamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvaṃśa (अवंश).—A bad family, wrong family; °पतितो राजा (patito rājā) Chāṇ.81.
-śam That which has no pillars or support, the ether; अवंशे द्यामस्तभायद् (avaṃśe dyāmastabhāyad) Ṛgveda 2.15.2.
Derivable forms: avaṃśaḥ (अवंशः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvaṃśa (अवंश).—m. a low race, [Cāṇakya] 1, 80.
Avaṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and vaṃśa (वंश).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvaṃśa (अवंश).—1. [masculine] low (lit. no) family.
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Avaṃśa (अवंश).—2. [neuter] the sky (lit. what has no beams or support).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avaṃśa (अवंश):—[=a-vaṃśa] m. a low or despised family
2) [v.s. ...] n. ‘that which has no pillars or support’, the ether, [Ṛg-veda ii, 15, 2; iv, 56, 3 and vii, 78, I]
3) Avāṃśa (अवांश):—m. the penis, [Sāma-vidhāna-brāhmaṇa]
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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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Ends with (+69): Adityavamsha, Ailavamsha, Ajamidhavamsha, Alapikavamsha, Angarajavamsha, Apavamsha, Arkavamsha, Aryavamsha, Bhairavamsha, Bharatavamsha, Bhritavamsha, Buddhavamsha, Candasimha pragvatavamsha, Candravamsha, Carmavamsha, Chandravamsha, Culavamsa, Dharmavamsha, Dharshtavamsha, Dipavamsa.
Full-text: Avamshya, Vamsharshi, Vamshi, Gaccha.
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