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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वंश (vaṃśá, “offspring, lineage, collection”).
Noun
waṅśa
- lineage,
- dynasty,
- posterity
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "waṅśa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.