As a Hindi name
सोमवंश · noun · masculine
युधिष्ठिर का एक नाम · चंद्रवंश — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the lunar race or dynasty (see candra-v˚), (cf.; )
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Dictionary citations
soma—vaṃśa m. the lunar race or dynasty (see candra-v˚), Hariv.; Śatr. (cf. IW. 375; 411 n. 1)
soma—vaṃśa mfn. = -vaṃśīya
soma—vaṃśa m. N. of Yudhiṣṭhira, L.
somavaṃśa m. (-śaḥ) 1 A name of YUDHIṢṬHIRA. 2 The lunar dynasty, or series of princes supposed to descend through BUDHA from SOMA, or the moon. E. soma, and vaṃśa family.
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