Vamshaka, Vaṃśaka: 8 definitions
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Vamshaka 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 Vaṃśaka can be transliterated into English as Vamsaka or Vamshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vaṃśaka (वंशक).—A son of Ajātaśatru, ruled for 24 years.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 272. 10.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Vaṃśaka (वंशक).—
1) A kind of sugarcane.
2) The joint in a bamboo.
3) A kind of fish.
-kam Aloe-wood.
Derivable forms: vaṃśakaḥ (वंशकः).
Vaṃśaka (वंशक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A small fish, (Cynoglossus lingua, Ham.) 2. A large kind of sugar-cane. “śāmaśāḍā .” nf. (śakaṃ-śikā) Aloe-wood. f.
(-kā) A kind of pipe or flute. E. kan added to the preceding.
Vaṃśaka (वंशक).—[masculine] a kind of sugar-cane; [feminine] vaṃśikā a kind of flute, also = [neuter] Agallochum.
1) Vaṃśaka (वंशक):—[from vaṃśa] m. a kind of large sugar-cane, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] a tubular bone, [Rāmāyaṇa] ([Bombay edition]) [Scholiast or Commentator]
3) [v.s. ...] a small fish, Cynoglossus Lingua, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a prince, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
5) [from vaṃśa] n. Agallochum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Vaṃśaka (वंशक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A small fish; large sugar-cane. n. f. (śakaṃ, śikā) Aloe wood. f. (kā) A pipe, flute.
Vaṃśaka (वंशक):—(von vaṃśa)
1) m. = hrasvo vaṃśaḥ (saṃjñāyām) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 87,] [Scholiast] a) eine Art Zuckerrohr [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 1, 186, 14. 20.] — b) ein Röhrknochen; s. u. vaṃśa
1) d). — c) ein best. Fisch [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Viṣṇupurāṇa 467,] [Nalopākhyāna 14] (Vaṃsaka gedr.). —
2) f. vaṃśikā a) Flöte [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Agallochum [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 640.] —
3) n. Agallochum [Hārāvalī 104.]
Vaṃśaka (वंशक):——
1) m. — a) eine Art Zuckerrohr. — b) Röhrknochen. — c) *ein best. Fisch. — d) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa 4,182.] —
2) *f. vaṃśikā — a) Flöte. — b) Agallochum. —
3) *n. Agallochum.
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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Starts with (+0): Vamshakapha, Vamshakara, Vamshakarira, Vamshakarmakrit, Vamshakarman, Vamshakarpura, Vamshakarpurarocana, Vamshakathina, Vamshakathinika, Vamshakavaca, Vamshakavelluka.
Full-text (+0): Kuruvamshaka, Parivamshaka, Nirvamshaka, Antarvamshaka, Vamshika, Udasin, Shishunaka, Shishunaga.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 27j - The class of Sugarcane (Ikshu) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 149 < [Volume 8 (1886)]
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Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
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