بانس bāṅs वंश S̱. s. m. 1. A bamboo. 2. A measure of about ten feet, used to measure tanks, ditches, and excavations in general. (A cube of one bāṅs is called a chaukā). بانس پرچڙهنا bāṅs par chaṛhnā, v. n. To be branded with infamy.

بانس پهوڙ bāṅs-phoṛ S̱. (वंशस्फोट from वंश Bamboo, and r. स्फुट Break) s. m. Name of a cast who work on bamboos.

بانسا bāṅsā H s. m. The bridge of the nose.

بانسري bāṅsrī S̱. or bāṅsurī (वंशी) s. f. A flute, fife, pipe.

بانسلي bāṅslī S̱. s. f. 1. A flute, &c.: see بانسري bāṅsrī. 2. A purse: see بسني basnī.

بانسي bāṅsī वंशी S̱. 1. s. f. Flute, fife, pipe. 2. adj. Made of bamboo.

راي بانس rāʼe-bāṅs S̱. s. m. A kind of spear.