vaMSaH [ vamati udgirati vam-Sa tasya netvam Tv. ] 1 A bamboo; DanurvaMSaviSudDo'pi nirguRaH kiM karizyati H. Pr. 23 ; vaMSaBavo guRavAnapi saMgaviSezeRa pUjyate puruzaH Bv. 1. 80 (where vaMSa has sense ( pb ) 2 also); Me. 79. 2 A race, family, dynasty, lineage; sa jAto yena jAtena yAti vaMSaH samunnatiM H. 2 ; sUryapraBavo vaMSaH R. 1. 2 &c.; see vaMSakara , vaMSasTiti &c. 3 A shaft. 4 A flute, pipe, reed-pipe; kUjadBirApAditavaM SakftyaM R. 2. 12. 5 A collection, assemblage, multitude (usually of similar things); sAMdrIkftaH syaMdanavaMSacakrEH R. 7. 39. 6 A cross-beam. 7 A joint (in a bamboo). 8 A sort of sugar-cane. 9 The back-bone. 10 The Śāla tree. 11 A particular measure of length (equal to ten hastas ). 12 The central projecting part of a sabre. 13 Bamboo-manna. Comp. — agraM, -aMkuraH 1 the tip or end of a bamboo-cane. 2 the ( pb ) shoot of a bamboo. — anukIrtanaM genealogy. — anukramaH genealogy. — anucaritaM the history of a dynasty or family. — Agata a. inherited. — AvalI a pedigree, genealogy. — AhvaH bamboo-manna. — kaWinaH a thicket of bamboos. — kaPaM cottony seeds floating in the air. — kara a. 1 founding a family. 2 perpetuating a race; vaMSasTitiM vaMSakareRa tena R. 18. 31. — (raH) 1 a son; tvayi samutpannasya vaMSakarasya muKaM prekzizyate V. 5. 2 an ancestor. — karpUrarocanA, -rocanA, -locanA bamboo-manna. — kft m. the founder or perpetuator of a family. — kramaH family succession. — kzI rI bamboo-manna. — caritaM the history of a family. — ciMtakaH a genealogist. — Cettf a ( pb ) the last of a family. — ja a. 1 born in the family of; R. 1. 31. 2 made of bamboos. 3 sprung from a good family. — (jaH) 1 progeny, issue, lineal descendant. 2 the seed of the bamboo. — (jaM) bamboo-manna. — (jA) bamboo-manna. — taMqulaH ths seed of the bamboo. — Dara a. 1 perpetuating a family; U. 7. 3. 2 supporting a family. — DAnyaM = vaMSataMqula q. v. — nartin m. a buffoon. — nAqi (lI) kA a pipe made of bamboo. — nATaH the chief or head of a race. — netraM the root of sugarcane. — patraM a bamboo-leaf. — (traH) a reed. — patrakaH 1 a reed. 2 a white kind of sugar-cane. — (kaM) yellow orpiment. — paraMparA lineal descent, family succession. — pUrakaM the root of sugarcane. — Bft m. the supporter or head of a family. — Bojya a. hereditary. — (jyaM) a hereditary estate. — rAjaH a very high bamboo. — lakzmIH f. the fortune of a family. — vitatiH f. 1 a family, descent. 2 a thicket of bamboos. — SarkarA bamboo-manna. — SalAkA a small bamboo peg at the lower end of a Vīṇā. — sTitiH f. the perpetuation of a family; R. 18. 31 ; V. 5. 15.