Panca, Pancan, Pañca, Pañcan, Pamca, Pañcāṉ: 34 definitions

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Panca means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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.

Panca has 30 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Pancha.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pañcan (पञ्चन्):—

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Pañcan (पञ्चन्):—Titel des 14ten Lambaka im Kathāsaritsāgara [Kathāsaritsāgara.1, 8.] so genannt nach fünf Vidyādhara-Jungfrauen, die gelobt hatten, alle fünf zu gleicher Zeit einen Gatten gemeinschaftlich zu wählen; vgl. [107, 85. fgg.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pañca (पञ्च):—1. = pañcan in catuḥpañca .

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Pañca (पञ्च):—2. (von pañc) adj. f. ā ausgebreitet: cañcatpañcacūḍa [UTTARARĀMAC.] [?(COWELL) 120, 3.] cañcā vistṛtā [Scholiast] [BENFEY] nimmt ein f. pañcā in der Bed. spreading an. Die v. l. cañcaccandracūḍa empfiehlt sich schon wegen der Alliteration.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Pañca (पञ्च):——

1) Adj. (*f. ā) ausgebreitet.

2) m. ein best. Tact. [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 227.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Pañcan (पञ्चन्):—und pañcan

1) Adj. Pl. fünf.

2) Titel des 14ten Lambaka im [Kathāsaritsāgara]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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