如来名號

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【梵】sūryavaṃśaḥ
【梵】सूर्यवंशः【中】日種
【藏】nyi ma'i rigs

Mahāvyutpatti - DDBC version

○vaṃśa m. the solar race of kings (i.e. the royal dynasty of Rāma-candra, king of Ayodhyā, hero of the Rāmâyaṇa, who was descended from Ikshvāku son of Vaivasvata Manu, son of the Sun [Page 1244, Column 1]
• many Rājput tribes still claim to belong to this race
• it is one of the two great lines of kings, the other being called 'lunar', See candra-v○) Kshitîś. Buddh

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William