Vaṃsa
Vamsa (
Etymology
The word vaṃśam has ancient roots and refers to bamboo cane or sugar cane reed. According to Monier Monier-Williams, the term evolved to mean 'lineage', likely inspired by the periodic lengths of a cane, where one distinct segment follows the previous, grows, ends and is the basis of another. The word is found in the sense of "line of teachers", genealogy and family tree in theShatapatha Brahmana, as well as in Sanskrit grammar text Ashtadhyayi by Pāṇini.[3] A related genre of Indic literature is the Charita, which focuses on individual hagiographies.[4]
Vaṃśam appears in other Indic languages in derivative forms, such as bans.[5]
Buddhism
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Hinduism
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Jainism
The literature of Jainism includes the Vamsa genre, such as its version of Harivamsa.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ There are numerous variant spellings of these clan names.
References
- ^ a b c d e Vamsa: Buddhist Literature, Encyclopaedia Britannica
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- ^ a b c vaMza Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2008 revision), University of Koeln, Germany
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- ^ W Geiger (1930), The Trustworthiness of the Mahavamsa, Indian Historical Quarterly, Volume 6, Number 2, pages 205-226
- ISBN 3-447-02285-X, page 2
- ^ Mabel Bode (1899), The Author of the Sāsanavaṃsa, The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Cambridge University Press, (Jul., 1899), pp. 674-676
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- ^ Yadava, Ganga Prasad (1982). Dhanapāla and His Times: A Socio-cultural Study Based Upon His Works. Concept., page 32.
- ^ Tiwari, Shiv Kumar (2002), Tribal Roots Of Hinduism, Sarup & Sons, page 177-231.
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- ^ "Ranchi bids tearful farewell to last Maharaja". www.dailypioneer.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.