Pancatmaka, Pañcātmaka, Pancan-atmaka: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPañcātmaka (पञ्चात्मक):—(von pañcan + ātman) adj. aus fünf (Elementen) bestehend, vom Körper [Garbhopaniṣad] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 66.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 25, 11.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 91, 11.] Davon nom. abstr. tva n. [Vedānta lecture No. 69.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPañcātmaka (पञ्चात्मक):—Adj. aus den fünf Elementen bestehend [Śvetāśvataropaniṣad 2,12.] Nom.abstr. tva n.
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: Atmaka, Panca.
Starts with: Pancatmakatva.
Full-text: Pancatmakatva, Atmaka.
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