चन्द्रवंश chandravanśh

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

The lunar lineage, race or dynasty.
(Hinduism) A famous ancient Indian dynasty of Kshatriya kings who claim descent from the moon.
(Bābā) The lunar lineage (lineage of the kṣatriya of the silver age).

Usual translation

  1. moon dynasty

Origin of the definition

ćandr-vaṅś, s.m. The lunar race, a certain race or dynasty of Kshatriyas who claim descent from the moon.

चंद्र candra chandr (nm) the moon; crescent; ~कला lunar crescent; a digit of the moon (sixteenth part of the circumference); ~कांत moonstone; ~ग्रहण lunar eclipse; ~बिंदु the nasal sign represented by a crescent with a dot over it (ँ), as distinct from अनुस्वार represented by a dot above the top (ं); ~बिंब the lunar disc; ~मंडल the halo of the moon; ~मुखी a woman blessed with a moon-like face; ~लोक the sphere or heaven of the moon; ~वंश the lunar race—one of the two major kshatriya dynasties that flourished in ancient India; ~वंशी belonging to the lunar dynasty (चन्द्रवंश); ~वदन blessed with a moon-like face; ~वदनी a beauty blessed with a moon-like face; ~वार Monday; ~बिंदु see चंद्रबिंदु; ~शेखर Lord Shiv—whose head is said to be ever adorned by the presence of the lunar crescent; ~हार a kind of broad necklace.

वंश vanśh (sanskrit)

Lineage, race, family, clan, dynasty.
A bamboo.

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Created
Sunday 17 March 2024
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Sunday 17 March 2024