Pancakritya, Pañcakṛtya, Panca-kritya, Pancan-kritya, Pamcakritya: 10 definitions
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Pancakritya has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Pañcakṛtya can be transliterated into English as Pancakrtya or Pancakritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchakritya.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPañcakṛtya (पञ्चकृत्य):—(pañcan + kṛ) m. eine best. Pflanze, = paktapauḍa [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Pañcakṛtya (पञ्चकृत्य):—n. am Anfange eines comp. die fünf Thätigkeiten, in denen sich die göttliche Macht offenbart, nämlich sṛṣṭi, sthiti, saṃhāra, tirobhāva und anugrahakaraṇa, [SARVADARŚANAS. 83, 16]; vgl. [84, 5.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPañcakṛtya (पञ्चकृत्य):—1. n. die fünf Thätigkeiten , in denen sich die göttliche Macht offenbart.
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Pañcakṛtya (पञ्चकृत्य):—2. m. eine best. Pflanze.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kritya, Panca.
Starts with: Pancakrityakarin.
Full-text: Paktapauda, Tirobhava, Samhara, Sthiti, Anugraha, Sarga.
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