Suryavamsha, Surya-vamsha, Sūryavaṃśa: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Sūryavaṃśa can be transliterated into English as Suryavamsa or Suryavamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश).—An important dynasty of ancient Bhārata. It is stated in Devībhāgavata, Skandha 7, as follows about the origin of this Solar dynasty.
The Lord of creation Brahmā originated from the lotus in the navel of Viṣṇu. That Brahmā did penance for ten thousand years and pleased Parāśakti, the great goddess of power, and started creation. First of all he created seven mental sons. Of them Marīci became expert in creation. Prajāpati Kaśyapa the son of Marīci became a greater expert. The Sun is the son of Kaśyapa. Nine sons named Ikṣvāku, Nābhāga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, Prāṃśu, Nṛga, Diṣṭa, Karūṣa and Pṛṣadhra were born to the Sun. Of these Ikṣvāku became King. This line of Kings born from the Sun is called Sūryavaṃśa (Solar dynasty). (See the Genealogy).
Sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश).—To be revived by Manu at the end of Kali.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 12. 6.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश):—According to myth, one of the two great dynasties of ancient India, the counterpart to the Candravaṃśa or ‘Lunar Dynasty’. The descendants of Iḷa's eldest son, Ikṣvāku, including, notably, Rāma, belong to the Sūryavaṃśa.
Suryavamsha is one of the types of Kshatriyas. These Kshatriya communities claim descent from Surya. One of sons of Brahma was Mārīcha, whose grandson was Vivasvān, from whom started Suryavamsha. According to Thakur Deshraj the kshatriyas who followed Solar calender for the calculation of time were called Suryavamshi. Rama was born in Suryavamsha.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश).—m (S) A race of kings descended from the sun. Their history is recorded in the Puraṇs.
sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश).—A race of kings descended from the sun.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश).—the solar race of kings (who ruled at Ayodhyā).
Derivable forms: sūryavaṃśaḥ (सूर्यवंशः).
Sūryavaṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sūrya and vaṃśa (वंश).
Sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश).—[masculine] the solar race (of kings); śya [adjective] belonging to it.
Sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश):—[=sūrya-vaṃśa] [from sūrya > sūr] m. the solar race of kings (id est. the royal dynasty of Rāma-candra, king of Ayodhyā, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa, who was descended from Ikṣvāku son of Vaivasvata Manu, son of the Sun ; many Rājput tribes still claim to belong to this race; it is one of the two great lines of kings, the other being called ‘lunar’ See candra-v), [Kṣitīśa-vaṃśāvalī-carita; Buddhist literature]
Sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश):—m. das auf den Sonnengott zurückgehende Königsgeschlecht [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde.1,496. Anhang IV.] [Oxforder Handschriften 12,b,15. 13,a,39. fg. b,36. 44,b,30. 352,b,2.] [KṢITĪŚ.1,2.] [WASSILJEW 55.] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 2.]
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.
Nepali dictionary
Sūryavaṃśa (सूर्यवंश):—n. the solar dynasty of kings;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Vamsha, Surya.
Full-text (+203): Ri zhong, Adra, Ri zhong shan sheng, Aryashva, Sakkodana, Shuklodana, Shuddha, Amritodana, Candravamsha, Dhotodana, Sukkodana, Amita, Amitodana, Suddhodana, Mayadhanu, Valabhi, Vimaladharmasuriya, Mandhata, Rama, Suryvansh.
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