Vamshakshaya, Vaṃśakṣaya, Vamsha-kshaya: 5 definitions
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Vamshakshaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Vaṃśakṣaya can be transliterated into English as Vamsaksaya or Vamshakshaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvaṃśakṣaya (वंशक्षय).—m (S) The extinction or the decaying of a race or family.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaṃśakṣaya (वंशक्षय).—family decay.
Derivable forms: vaṃśakṣayaḥ (वंशक्षयः).
Vaṃśakṣaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vaṃśa and kṣaya (क्षय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṃśakṣaya (वंशक्षय).—m.
(-yaḥ) Decay of a family. E. vaṃśa, and kṣaya decline.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṃśakṣaya (वंशक्षय):—[=vaṃśa-kṣaya] [from vaṃśa] m. family decay, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaṃśakṣaya (वंशक्षय):—[vaṃśa-kṣaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Decline of a race.
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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