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    See also avaṃśaḥ.


    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 87, col. 3.
    avaṃśa a-vaṃśa, as, m. a low or despised

    family; (am), n., Ved. that which has no beams or

    support, the ether.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 44.
    1 avaṃśa m. low (lit. no) family.
    ☞ p. 44.
    2 avaṃśá n. the sky (lit. what has no beams or support).

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 29, col. 2.
    avaṃśa a-vaṃśa, m. mean descent.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 96, col. 1.
    a-vaṃśa m. a low or despised family
    ☞ p. 96, col. 1.
    a-vaṃśá (ám), n. ‘that which has no pillars or support’, the ether, RV. ii, 15, 2; iv, 56, 3 and vii, 78, 1

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 84, col. 2.
    a-vaṃśa- m. extraction basse.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 467.
    1. avaṃśa (3. a + vaṃśa) m. ein niedriges, verachtetes Geschlecht: avaṃśapatito rājā KĀṆ. 81.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 467.
    2. avaṃśá (wie eben) n. das Balkenlose, Stützenlose, d. h. der Luftraum: àvàṃśe dyāmâstabhāyat ṚV. 2, 15, 2. ùrvī̂ gabhī̀re rajâsī sùmekê avàṃśe dhīràḥ śacyā̀ samaîrat 4, 56, 3. nakṣântè nākàṃ nirṛ̂teravàṃśāt 7, 58, 1.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 125.
    a-vaṃśá, n., was keine Balken [vaṃśá] oder Stützen hat; das Balkenlose, d. h. der Luftraum.

    -é {206,2}; {352,3}.

    -ā́t {574,1}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 120, col. 1.
    1. avaṃśa m. niedriges Geschlecht Spr. 653.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 120, col. 1.
    2. avaṃśá n. das Balkenlose , d.i. der Luftraum.

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    ☞ p. 203.