aBijanaH 1 ( a ) A family, race, lineage; kalahaMsakAdaBijanaM jYAtvA Māl. 8 ; nABijanamIkzate K. 104 ; Mu. 6. 6 ; Ms. 4. 18 ; Dk. 135 , 170 ; U. 4. ( b ) Birth, extraction, descent; tulyABajinezu BUmiBarezu (Darezu?) rAjYAM vfttiH M. 1 ; Ms. 1. 100 ; Y. 1. 123. 2 High or noble descent, noble birth or family; stutaM tanmAhAtmyaM yadaBijanato yacca guRataH Māl. 2. 13 ; SIlaM SOlatawAtpatatvaBijanaH saMdahyatAM vahninA Bh. 2. 39 ; M. 5. 3 Forefathers, ancestors; aBijanAH pUrve bAMDavAH Kāśī. on P. IV. 3. 90 ; also descendants. 4 Native country, motherland, ancestral abode ( opp. nivAsa ); cf. Sk. on P. IV. 3. 90 : - yatra svayaM vasati sa nivAsaH ( yatra saMprati uzyate Mbh. ); yatra pUrvEruzitaM so'BijanaH iti vivekaH . 5 Fame, celebrity. 6 The head or ornament of a family; yadvidvAnapi tAdfSepyaBijane DarmyAtpaTo vicyutaH Mv. 1. 33. 7 Attendants, retinue (= parijana q. v. ).