waṅśa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”).

Noun

waṅśa

  1. lineage,
  2. dynasty,
  3. posterity

Derived terms

  • kawaṅśan
  • makawaṅśa
  • mawaṅśa
  • amātyawaṅśa
  • bahuwaṅśa
  • dewawaṅśa
  • kulawaṅśa
  • kṣatriyawaṅśa
  • mahāwaṅśa
  • nāgawaṅśa
  • putrawaṅśa
  • rākṣasawaṅśa
  • santānawaṅśa
  • swawaṅśa
  • sūryawaṅśa
  • śuddhawaṅśa

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦧꦁꦱ (bangsa), ꦲꦁꦱ (angsa), ꦮꦁꦱ (wangsa) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬗ᭄ᬲ (bangsa), ᬯᬗ᭄ᬰ (wangsa)

Further reading

  • "waṅśa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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