ཉི་མའི་རིགས་

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ཉི་མའི་རིགས། (Wyl. nyi ma'i rigs ) Pron.: nyimé rik

  • Skt. सूर्यवंशः, sūryavaṁśa, Pron.: suryavansha. From Sanskrit: the solar race of kings | the royal dynasty of Rāma-candra, king of Ayodhyā, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa, who was descended from Ikshvāku son of Vaivasvata Manu, son of the Sun | 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' [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW