Pancavaktra, Panca-vaktra, Pañcavaktra, Pancan-vaktra, Pañcavaktrā: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPañcavaktra (पञ्चवक्त्र):—(pañcan + va)
1) adj. fünfgesichtig: uraga [Harivaṃśa 8094.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5,68, 7.] —
2) m. a) Beiname Śiva’s [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] [Dhūrtasamāgama 66, 6.] [Oxforder Handschriften No. 148], Anf. — b) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge des Skanda [Mahābhārata 9, 2578.] — c) Löwe [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] [NIGH. PR.] —
3) f. ā viell. Beiname der Durgā [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1214.] — Vgl. pañcamukha .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPañcavaktra (पञ्चवक्त्र):——
1) Adj. fünfgesichtig. —
2) m. — a) Beiname Śiva's. — b) *Löwe. — c) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva's. —
3) f. ā Beiname der Durgā.
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Partial matches: Panca, Vaktra.
Starts with: Pancavaktrapuja, Pancavaktrarasa, Pancavaktrastotra.
Full-text: Pancavaktrarasa, Pancavaktrastotra, Kalagni, Pancavadanastotra, Pancamukha, Dashavaktra, Nigudha, Shivadhyana, Pancanana, Pancasya, Ashtamurti.
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