प्राचीनवंश (prAcInavaMza)

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English

 प्राची॑न—वंश mf(आ)n.  (प्राची॑न-) having the supporting beams turned eastward,  TS.
 
 ŚBr.
  
 Kāṭh.
  (cf.   प्राग्-व्°)

 प्राची॑न—वंश n.
  a hut which has the supporting b° t° e°,  TS.
 

Vedic Reference

English

 Prācīna-vaṃśa as an adjective denotes ‘having the support-
ing beam of the roof facing the east’ in the Śatapatha
Brāhmaṇa^1 and the Yajurveda Saṃhitās.^2 The reference is
to the central beam running from the middle of the western
end of a hall to the middle of the eastern end. This beam was
possibly higher than those at the side.
1) iii. 1,  1,  6. 7
 6,  1,  23
 iv. 6,  8, 
20.
2) Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā,  xxii. 13
 Tait-
tirīya Saṃhitā,  vi. 1,  1,  3. Cf. Eggel-
ing,  Sacred Books of the East,  26,  3, 
n. 2.

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