Alternative spellings of this word include Panchatva.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: valmikiramayan.net: Srimad Valmiki Ramayana

Pañcatva (पञ्चत्व) refers to the “fifth state” (i.e., “the state of death”) [Cf. the Rāmāyaṇa chapter 4.11.46].—The “fifth state” of a living being is death, where the other four states are [1. jāgṛt-avastha, waking state, 2. svapna-avastha, dreaming state, 3. suṣupta-avastha, deep sleep, 4. turīya-avastha, fourth state, that which is above the three preceding states]. Then the fifth state is death.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pañcatva (पंचत्व).—n S Death. (Because the five elements which, during the life of the subject, existed in unity, have now obtained five separate existencies.) 2 The state or being of five.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pañcatva (पंचत्व).—n Death.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pañcatva (पञ्चत्व).—

1) Five-fold state.

2) A collection of five.

3) The five elements taken collectively.

4) the body; त्रित्वे हुत्वाथ पञ्चत्वं तच्चैकत्वेऽजुहोन्मुनिः (tritve hutvātha pañcatvaṃ taccaikatve'juhonmuniḥ) Bhāgavata 1.15.42.

5) Death, dissolution;

-pañcatāṃ, -tvam gam, -yā &c. means 'to be resolved into the five elements of which the body consists', 'to die or perish';

-pañcatāṃ, -tvaṃ nī 'to kill or destroy'; पञ्चभिर्निर्मिते देहे पञ्चत्वं च पुनर्गते । स्वां स्वां योनिमनु- प्राप्ते तत्र का परिवेदना (pañcabhirnirmite dehe pañcatvaṃ ca punargate | svāṃ svāṃ yonimanu- prāpte tatra kā parivedanā) || Ratnāvalī 3.3; शब्दादिभिः पञ्चभिरेव पञ्च पञ्चत्वमापुः स्वगुणेन बद्धाः (śabdādibhiḥ pañcabhireva pañca pañcatvamāpuḥ svaguṇena baddhāḥ) Vivekachūdāmaṇi.

Derivable forms: pañcatvam (पञ्चत्वम्).

See also (synonyms): pañcatā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pañcatva (पञ्चत्व).—n.

(-tvaṃ) 1. Death. 2. The sate or being of five. 3. The co-existence of the five elements. 4. An aggregate, &c. of five. E. pañca five, and tva aff.; see pañcatā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pañcatva (पञ्चत्व).—i. e. pañcan + tva, n. 1. The five elements, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 15, 41. 2. Death (see pañcatā), [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 1139.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pañcatva (पञ्चत्व).—[neuter] the five elements or the dissolution of the body into them, i.e. death.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pañcatva (पञ्चत्व):—[=pañca-tva] [from pañca] n. fivefoldness

2) [v.s. ...] the 5 elements, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] dissolution, death (pañca-tvaṃ gata mfn. dead, [Hitopadeśa]; cf. -tā f.), [Yājñavalkya; Rāmāyaṇa; Varāha-mihira etc.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pañcatva (पञ्चत्व) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paṃcatta, Paṃcattaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pancatva in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paṃcatva (ಪಂಚತ್ವ):—[noun] = ಪಂಚತೆ - [pamcate -] 4 & 5.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Tva, Panca.

Ends with: Prapancatva, Praptapancatva.

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