Bamsa, Bāṃsa: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Bamsa means something in Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsBamsa [বাঁশ] in the Bengali language is the name of a plant identified with Dendrocalamus strictus from the Poaceae (Grass) family having the following synonyms: Bambusa stricta, Bambos stricta. For the possible medicinal usage of bamsa, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybāṃsa (बांस) [or बा�, bāsa].—m ( H) A bamboo used as a rafter, pole, beam &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryBāṃsa (बांस):�(nm) a bamboo; pole; —[para caḍhanā] to acquire a bad name, to become infamous; to earn disrepute; hence —[para caḍhanā; —barābara] tall like a bamboo; [bāṃso� uchalanā] to be in a state of rapture, to be immensely happy; [bāṃso� baḍhanā] to assume very large proportions.
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Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryBāṃsa (बांस):—[=बाँस] n. thorny bamboo;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Bamsada, Bamsaghari, Bamsako-killo, Bamsaphula, Bamsari.
Full-text: Murali-bamsa, Phoruva-bamsa, Latthi-bamsa, Gopi-bamsa, Bans, Kshudrabamsha, Murali-baans, Foruva-baans, Latthi-baans, Gopi-baans, Bamsada, Fata, Ulta, Ulata, Phata, Kuam, Na.
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