Bakapancaka, Bakapañcaka, Baka-pancaka: 3 definitions

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Bakapancaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Bakapanchaka.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bakapancaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bakapañcaka (बकपञ्चक).—the last five days of the bright half of the month of Kārtika (during which even the heron no fish).

Derivable forms: bakapañcakam (बकपञ्चकम्).

Bakapañcaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms baka and pañcaka (पञ्चक).

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

Bakapañcaka (बकपञ्चक):—[=baka-pañcaka] [from baka] n. the 5 days during which even the heron eats no fish (Name of the last 5 Tithis of the bright half of the mouth Kārttika), [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bakapancaka 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.

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