संस्‍कृत हिन्‍दी अंग्रेजी शब्‍दकोश : चन्द्रवंश

चन्द्रवंश

चन्द्रवंश

the lunar race of kings

शब्द-भेद : पुं.

एणाङ्कुलम्

चन्द्रवंश

lunar lineage

शब्द-भेद : नपुं.

वर्ग :

Monier–Williams

चन्द्रवंश — {vaṃśa} m. the lunar race of kings (2nd great line of royal dynasties, the progenitor of which was Soma the Moon, child of the Ṛishi Atri and father of Budha [Mercury, cf. {candra-ja}]##the latter married Iḷā, daughter of the solar king Ikshvāku, and had by her a son, Aila or Purūravas##this last had a son by Urvaśī, named Āyus, from whom came Nahusha, father of Yayāti##the latter had two sons, Puru and Yadu, from whom proceeded the two branches of the lunar line##in that of Yadu was born Kṛishṇa and Bala-rāma##in that of Puru came Dushyanta, hero of the Śakuntalā and father of the great Bharata ; 9th from Bharata came Kuru, and 14th from him Śāntanu, who had a son Vicitra-viirya and a step-son Vyāsa##the latter married the two widows of his half-brother, and had by them Dhṛitarāshṭra and Pāṇḍu, the wars of whose sons form the subject of the ) (cf. {sūrya-v}.)

इन्हें भी देखें : चन्द्रवंशिन्; पुरूरवाः; भीमरथः; दिवोदासः; दिलीपः; चित्राड़्गदः; हस्तीराजा; भूरिश्रवाः; चन्द्रवंशीय;