Pancakshara, Pañcākṣara, Pancan-akshara, Pamcakshara: 10 definitions
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Pancakshara has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Pañcākṣara can be transliterated into English as Pancaksara or Pancakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchakshara.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPañcakṣāra (पञ्चक्षार):—(pañcan + kṣāra) n. = pañcalavaṇa [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Pañcākṣara (पञ्चाक्षर):—(pañcan + akṣara) adj. fünfsilbig [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 9, 32.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 12.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 27, 25. 9, 6, 2.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 2, 88,] [Scholiast] śas [LĀṬY. 7, 7, 19.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPañcakṣāra (पञ्चक्षार):—n. die fünf ätzenden Stoffe [Rājan 22,44.4]
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Pañcākṣara (पञ्चाक्षर):——
1) Adj. fünfsilbig. —
2) f. pañcākṣarī fünf Silben [Viddhaśālabhañjikākhyanāṭikā 47,7.]
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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Partial matches: Kshara, Akshara, Panca.
Starts with: Pancaksharaguru, Pancaksharakalpa, Pancaksharam, Pancaksharamahatmya, Pancaksharamantra, Pancaksharamaya, Pancaksharashas, Pancaksharastotra.
Full-text: Pancaksharamahatmya, Pancaksharam, Pancaksharakalpa, Pancaksharashas, Pancaksharamaya, Shivapancaksharastotra, Shivamantra, Pancakshari, Anushtubgarbha, Tirumantiram, Pancatcaram, Ancelettu, Ainteluttu, Kalavati, Sharakshara, Bilvapatra, Kavicandra, Kaka, Diksa, Shaivism.
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Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) (by N. Veerappan)
Divine Help of Pancaksara < [Chapter 6 - Means to Release]
Dasha Karya and Guru < [Chapter 7 - Liberation]
Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
19. Śiva Pañcākṣara < [Chapter 5 - Essence of Pañcabrahma Upaniṣad]
17. The esoteric significance of Five Faces of Lord Śiva < [Chapter 5 - Essence of Pañcabrahma Upaniṣad]
18. Sadāśiva Cakra < [Chapter 5 - Essence of Pañcabrahma Upaniṣad]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Nayanar 14: Anaya < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
Nayanar 16: Muruga (Muruka) < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
Nayanar 33: Somasi Mara (Comacimara) < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 85 - The glory of the five-syllabled Mantra (pañcākṣara-māhātmya) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 104 - The eulogy of the lord (devastuti) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
Chapter 24 - The mode of worship of Śiva (Continued) < [Section 2 - Pūrvabhāga]
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