Pancangulika, Pañcaṅgulika, Panca-angulika: 3 definitions
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Pancangulika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchangulika.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypañcaṅgulika : (adj.) the five-finger mark made after the fingers have been emersed in some scented solution.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPañcaṅgulika refers to: (also °aka) the 5 finger-mark, palm-mark, the magic mark of the spread hand with the fingers extended (made after the hand & 5 fingers have been immersed in some liquid, preferably a solution of sandal wood, gandha; but also blood). See Vogel, the 5 finger-token in Pāli Literature, Amsterdam Akademie 1919 (with plates showing ornaments on Bharhut Tope), cp. also J. P. T, S. 1884, 84 sq. It is supposed to provide magical protection (esp. against the Evil Eye). Vin. II, 123 (cp. Vin. Texts II. 116); J. I, 166, 192; II, 104 (gandha °ṃ deti), 256 (gandhaā, applied to a cetiya); III, 23, 160 (lohita°); Vv 3318 (gandha°ṃ adāsiṃ Kassapassa thūpasmiṃ); Mhvs 32, 4 (see trsl. p. 220); DhA. III, 374 (goṇānaṃ gandha-°āni datvā); SnA 137 (setamālāhi sabba-gandha-sugandhehi p°akehi ca alaṅkatā paripuṇṇa-aṅgapaccaṅgā, of oxen). Cp. MVastu I. 269 (stūpeṣu pañcaṅgulāni; see note on p. 579). Quotations of similar use in brahmanical literature see at Vogel p. 6 sq.
Note: pañcaṅgulika is a Pali compound consisting of the words pañca and aṅgulika.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pañcāṅgulikā (पञ्चाङ्गुलिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṃcaṃguliā.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Angulika, Panca.
Ends with: Gandhapancangulika.
Full-text: Pamcamgulia, Gandhapancangulika, Angulika.
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