Pancashirsha, Pañcaśīrṣa, Pancan-shirsha: 7 definitions
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Pancashirsha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Pancashirsha has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Pañcaśīrṣa can be transliterated into English as Pancasirsa or Pancashirsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchashirsha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPañcaśīrṣa (पञ्चशीर्ष):—(pañcan + śī)
1) adj. fünfköpfig: uraga [Nalopākhyāna 5, 5.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Berges [BURN. Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 504.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPañcaśīrṣa (पञ्चशीर्ष):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) fünfköpfig [Indische studien von Weber 9,28.] — b) fünfjährig auf einem Halme ( yavāḥ) [Mahābhārata 6,3,19.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Berges.
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: Shirsha, Panca.
Starts with: Pancashirshaka.
Full-text: Pancashirshaka, Prasphotana, Dharmakara, Kalihrada, Nepal.
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