Pancalakshana, Pañcalakṣaṇa, Pancan-lakshana: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pañcalakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Pancalaksana or Pancalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchalakshana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPañcalakṣaṇa (पञ्चलक्षण):—(pañcan + la) adj. fünf charakteristische Merkmale habend, von den Purāṇa [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 6.] sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca . vaṃśānuvaṃśacaritaṃ purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣamaṇ .. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 252.] vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva und bhūmyādisaṃsthānaṃ caiva st. vaṃśānuvaṃśacaritaṃ haben die Purāṇa nach [WILSON,] [Viṣṇupurāṇa IV, Nalopākhyāna 9.] Gewöhnlich fasst man das Wort als n. und als Synonym von purāṇa .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPañcalakṣaṇa (पञ्चलक्षण):—Adj. fünf charakteristische Zeichen habend.
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: Lakshana, Panca.
Starts with: Pancalakshananidana, Pancalakshanavidhi.
Ends with: Puranapancalakshana.
Full-text (+13): Pancalakshanavidhi, Puranapancalakshana, Purana, Pratisarga, Dhashcota, Sarga, Nityapratisancara, Nityapratisarga, Nityapralaya, Atyantikapralaya, Atyantikapratisarga, Atyantikapratisancara, Naimittikapralaya, Naimittikapratisarga, Prakritapratisarga, Anuvamsha, Naimittikapratisancara, Prakritapratisancara, Pralaya, Vishnupuranaka.
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The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
1.3: Characteristics of Purāṇa < [Chapter 1]
1.5: Divisions of the Purāṇas < [Chapter 1]
1.11: Importance of the Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa < [Chapter 1]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 5 - Pañca-lakṣaṇa (the five characteristics) and the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 1 - Purāṇic Literature < [Chapter 3 - General Characteristics of the Purāṇic Religion and its Link with the Vedic Tradition]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)