Pancatattva, Pañcatattva, Pancan-tattva, Pamcatattva: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPañcatattva (पञ्चतत्त्व):—(pañcan + ta) n.
1) die fünf Elemente (s. u. tattva [1.]) [SVARODAYA im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) bei den Tāntrika die fünf (alle mit ma beginnenden) Realitäten: Wein (madya), Fleisch (māṃsa), Fisch (matsya), Verschlingung der Finger (mudrā) und Begattung (maithuna) [KAIVALYATANTRA 1 im Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. pañcamakāra .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPañcatattva (पञ्चतत्त्व):—n. —
1) die fünf Elemente. —
2) bei den Tāntrika die fünf Realitäten ; s. pañcamakāra.
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: Tattva, Panca.
Starts with: Pancatattvanirupana, Pancatattvaprakasha, Pancatattvatmakastotra.
Full-text: Pancamakara, Pancatattvaprakasha, Pancatattvatmakastotra, Pancama, Yonitantra, Parijnana, Paranandasutra, Brahma-muhurta, Pancatmaka, Makara.
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