All 22 Uses of
lineage
in
The Ramayana
- And Sítá, Ráma's darling wife, Loved even as he loved his life, Whom happy marks combined to bless, A miracle of loveliness, Of Janak's royal lineage sprung, Most excellent of women, clung To her dear lord, like Rohi?†
Book 1
- He gazed upon that sight he ne'er Had seen before, of girls so fair, And out of love a longing rose His sire and lineage to disclose: "My father," thus he made reply, "Is Kasyap's son, a saint most high, Vibhá?†
Book 1
- Visvámitra's Lineage.†
Book 1
- Thus, mighty Prince, I now have told My race and lineage, high and old, And local tales of long ago Which thou, O Ráma, fain wouldst know.†
Book 1
- And thy dear sister—fairest she Of streams, the high-born Kausikí— Diffusing virtue where she flows, New splendour on thy lineage throws.†
Book 1
- Thus do those kings of purest race Their lineage from Ikshváku trace: Their hero lives the right maintained, Their lips with falsehood ne'er were stained.†
Book 1
- Not glorious deed or lineage fair, Not knowledge, gift, or tender care In chains of lasting love can bind A woman's light inconstant mind.†
Book 2 *
- Ráma's dear friend, renowned by fame, Who of Nisháda lineage came, Guha, the mighty chief, adored Through all the land as sovereign lord, Soon as he heard that prince renowned Was resting on Nisháda ground, Begirt by counsellor and peer And many an honoured friend drew near.†
Book 2
- And noble elephants, strong and young, From sires of Indrasira sprung, And others tall and fair to view Of great Airávat's lineage true: And well yoked asses fleet of limb The prince his uncle gave to him.†
Book 2
- No wife of equal lineage born The wretch's joyless home adorn: Ne'er may he do one virtuous deed, And dying see no child succeed.†
Book 2
- Then Bharat to his mothers said: "Behold the high-souled hero's bed: These tumbled heaps of grass betray Where he that night with Sítá lay: Unmeet, the heir of fortune high Thus on the cold bare earth should lie, The monarch's son, in counsel sage, Of old imperial lineage.†
Book 2
- Then the great sages, longing all To see the ten-necked tyrant(395) fall, To Bharat, bravest of the brave, Their salutary counsel gave: "O thou of lofty lineage born, Whom wisdom, conduct, fame adorn, Thou for thy honoured father's sake Shouldst Ráma's righteous counsel take.†
Book 2
- Of Satahradá born, I spring From Java as my sire, O King: Me, of this lofty lineage, all Giants on earth Virádha call.†
Book 3
- Still let thy people live in peace, Nor let their name and lineage cease, For Ráma with his vengeful hand Can sweep the giants from the land.†
Book 3
- Then as the giant's blood flowed fast, On his cleft limbs his eye he cast, And called upon the princely pair Their names and lineage to declare.†
Book 3
- Upon thy limbs, O King, I see The raiment of a devotee; And how can one like thee, who springs From a proud line of ancient kings, Beneath fair virtue's mask, disgrace His lineage by a deed so base?†
Book 4
- Sprung of a lineage old and high, Merusávar?†
Book 4
- Then with a sterner voice he cried: "O chiefs, the nation's boast and pride, Whom valour strength and power adorn, Of most illustrious lineage born, Where'er you will you force a way, And none your rapid course can stay.†
Book 4
- whose degenerate mind No spark of gallant pride retains, Whose coward soul his lineage stains.†
Book 6
- His channels, as the wise have told, By Sagar's sons were dug of old,(932) Nor will high-thoughted Ocean scorn A prince of Sagar's lineage born.†
Book 6
- The best of Raghu's lineage, he Whose conquering hand shall punish thee.†
Book 6
- Mid tinkling bells and weapons' clang The monarch on the chariot sprang, Which, decked with gems of every hue, Eight steeds of noble lineage drew.†
Book 6
Definition:
the blood line traced from family members to their ancestors; or the people related in that line