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.