vāṃśa

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[apte] a. (śī f.) [vaṃśa-aṇ] Made of bamboo. --śī Bamboo-manna.

[mw] mf (I) n. (fr. vaṃśa) relating or belonging to sugar-cane Car. 935,3 189750 mf (I) n. made of bamboo W. 935,3 189751 f. bamboo-manna Car.; Bhpr. 120941 935,3 189752 mfn. (fr. vaṃśa-kathiṇa) dealing in bamboo-poles Pa1n2. 4-4, 72 Sch. 120942 935,3 189753

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a. (śī f.) [vaṃśa-aṇ] Made of bamboo. --śī Bamboo-manna.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

705

Texts Appeared In

90

DCS: Clypea Hernandifolia | Monier-Williams: N. of Viṣṇu , L.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 221 31.3%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 51 7.2%
3. Viṣṇupurāṇa 44 6.2%
4. Matsyapurāṇa 42 6.0%
5. Liṅgapurāṇa 33 4.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Agastīyaratnaparīkṣā surface: vaṃśa

  jīmūtakarimatsyāhivaṃśaśaṅkhavarāhajāḥ

• Agastīyaratnaparīkṣā surface: vaṃśe

  hariśvetaṃ tathā vaṃśe pītaśvetaṃ ca śūkare

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: vaṃśe

  avatīrya yador vaṃśe bibhrad rūpam anuttamam