Pancapsaras, Pañcāpsaras, Pancan-apsaras: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPañcāpsaras (पञ्चाप्सरस्):—(pañcan + a) n. Name eines Teiches, den Mandakarṇi (Śātakarṇi) durch seine Busse geschaffen haben soll und der seinen Namen daher hat, dass fünf Apsaras, die den frommen Mann verführen sollten, dort ihren Wohnsitz hatten, [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 15, 11. fgg.] [Raghuvaṃśa 13, 38. fg.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPañcāpsaras (पञ्चाप्सरस्):—und rasa n. Nomen proprium eines Teiches.
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: Apsaras, Panca.
Starts with: Pancapsarasa.
Full-text: Pancapsarasa, Mandakarni.
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