Rajavamsha, Rājavaṃśa, Rajan-vamsha, Rājavaṃsa: 10 definitions
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Rajavamsha means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Rājavaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Rajavamsa or Rajavamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Rājavaṃśa (राजवंश) refers to a “royal lineage”, according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Becoming a golden color, liberated from all disease, Best among gods and men, a bright beautiful moon, Accomplishes the golden prize, born in a royal lineage (rājavaṃśa—jāyate rājavaṃśe), In the highest Buddha abode, the one who makes the Mandala”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Rājavaṃśa (राजवंश).—a dynasty of kings.
Derivable forms: rājavaṃśaḥ (राजवंशः).
Rājavaṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājan and vaṃśa (वंश).
Rājavaṃśa (राजवंश).—[masculine] a family of kings.
Rājavaṃśa (राजवंश):—[=rāja-vaṃśa] [from rāja > rāj] m. a family of k°, dynasty, [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara]
Rājavaṃśa (राजवंश):—m. ein fürstliches Geschlecht [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio.2,7,21.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 42,55.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss 128,a,18.] [Oxforder Handschriften.8,a,23. 25. 352,b,2.] rājavaṃśāvalī Genealogie der Fürsten (von Videha und Ayodhyā) [MACK. Coll. I, 98.]
Rājavaṃśa (राजवंश):—m. ein fürstliches Geschlecht.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Rājavaṃśa (ರಾಜವಂಶ):—
1) [noun] a royal family; a dynasty.
2) [noun] a kind of superior bamboo.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Rājavaṃśa (राजवंश):—n. royal family/dynasty; ruling dynasty;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
rājavaṃsa (ရာဇဝံသ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[rāja+vaṃsa．rājavaṃga-saṃ．rāyavaṃsa-addhamāgadhī．]
[ရာဇ+ဝံသ။ ရာဇဝံဂ-သံ။ ရာယဝံသ-အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vamsha, Rajan, Raja.
Starts with: Rajavamshakavya, Rajavamshavali.
Full-text: Rajavamshakavya, Rajavamsanusara, Rajavamsappaveni, Rajavamsanurupakiriya, Pururajavamshakrama, Rajvansh, Sahebram, Rajaguna, Rajavamshavali, Rajavamshiya, Rajavamshya, Dikshita, Na lan tuo.
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