[vamati udgirati vam-śa tasya ne- tvam Tv.] 1 A bamboo; dhanurvaṃśaviśu- ddho'pi nirguṇaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati H. Pr. 23; vaṃśabhavo guṇavānapi saṃgaviśeṣeṇa pūjyate pu- ruṣaḥ Bv. 1. 80 (where vaṃśa has sense [Page0936-1b+ 18] 2 also); Me. 79.

2 A race, fami- ly, dynasty, lineage; sa jāto yena jātena yāti vaṃśaḥ samunnatiṃ H. 2; sūrya- prabhavo vaṃśaḥ R. 1. 2 &c.; see vaṃśakara, vaṃśasthiti &c.

3 A shaft.

4 A flute,...