ونش

वं श vaṅś, s.m. A bamboo; a bamboocane, a staff;—a reed-pipe, tube, pipe, flute, fife;—the backbone, spine;—the line of a pedigree or genealogy, lineage, race, etc. (i.q. bans, q.v.);—offspring, son, child;—an assemblage, a multitude, host:—vaṅśāvalī(˚śa+āv˚), s.f.=bans-āwalī, q.v.:—vaṅś-bhojya, adj. (f. -ā), To be possessed by a family, hereditary;—(S. -bhojyam), s.m. An hereditary estate:—vaṅś-paramparā, s.f. Family succession, lineage, descent:—vaṅś-ćaritr, s.m. History of any race or dynasty; genealogical account of the doings of a family:—vaṅś-roćanā, s.f., or vaṅś-loćan, s.m., or vaṅś-loćanā, s.f.=bans-loćan, q.v.:—vaṅś-samāćār, s.m. Family, usage;—family affairs, family history:—vaṅś-kram-āgat, adj. Descended or inherited lineally; lineally acquired, obtained by family inheritance, hereditary:—vaṅś-vriddhi, s.f. Prosperity of a family:—vaṅśī-dhārī, or vaṅśī-dhar, vulg. bansī-dhar, adj. & s.m. Holding or carrying a flute or pipe;—a fluteplayer, piper;—a name of Krishṇ;—a proper name. (For other compounds see bans.)