vaṃśya mfn. = prec., peculiar to a family, geneological, lineal Mn. MBh. &c

• belonging or attached to a main beam BhP

• connected with the back-hone or spine (as subst. 'a bone in the arm or leg') BhP

• preceding any one (gen.) in a science (loc.), being a person's teacher in anything Āpast

• m. any member of a family, a son, lineal descendant

• an ancestor, forefather

• a kinsman from seven generations above and seven below Mn. MBh. &c

• a pupil, scholar W. (cf. Pāṇ. 2-1, 19)

• pl. the members of a family, ancestors or descendants Mn. MBh. &c

• a cross-beam, joist BhP

• (ā), f. coriander L