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बं स baṅs [S वंश], s.m. Bamboo (used in comp. for bāṅs, q.v.); line of a pedigree or genealogy (from its resemblance to the succession of joints in a bamboo), lineage, race, family, stock; descendant, offspring:—baṅśāvalī(S. vaṅśa+āvalī), s.f. Line of a family, pedigree, genealogy, genealogical tree (syn. shajra):—baṅś-phor (S. vaṅśa+sphoṭaka), s.m. lit. 'Bamboo-splitter'; one who makes baskets, chairs, etc. of split bamboos or reeds (=basoṛ, q.v.):—baṅs-loćan (S. vaṅśa+roćanāor loćanā), s.m. An earthy concretion of a milkwhite colour found in the hollow of the bamboo and known by the name of bamboo-manna (syn. tabāshīr):—baṅs-wāṛī, s.f. Bamboo plantation; jungle of bamboos.
Origin: Hindi