sūryavaṃṣa | सूर्यवंष | sUryavaMSa
sūrya—vaṃṣa | सूर्य—वंष | m. the solar race of kings (i.e. the royal dynasty of Rāma-candra, king of Ayodhyā, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa, who was descended from Ikṣvāku 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’, see candra-v˚ | चन्द्र-व्˚ |), Kṣitīś.; Buddh.