Bhishmapancaka, Bhīṣmapañcaka, Bhishma-pancaka: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhīṣmapañcaka can be transliterated into English as Bhismapancaka or Bhishmapancaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Bhishmapanchaka.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhīṣmapañcaka (भीष्मपञ्चक).—Name of the five days from the eleventh to the fifteenth of the bright balf of Kārtika (said to be sacred to Bhīṣma).
Derivable forms: bhīṣmapañcakam (भीष्मपञ्चकम्).
Bhīṣmapañcaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhīṣma and pañcaka (पञ्चक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhīṣmapañcaka (भीष्मपञ्चक):—[=bhīṣma-pañcaka] [from bhīṣma > bhī] n. ‘five days sacred to Bh°’, the 5 days from the 11th to the 15th in the light half of the month Kārttika, [Agni-purāṇa]
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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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Partial matches: Bhishma, Pancaka.
Starts with: Bhishmapancakavrata.
Full-text: Bhishmapancakavrata.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 32 - The Efficacy of Bhīṣmapañcaka Vrata < [Section 4 - Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya]
Chapter 92 - Greatness of Brahmakuṇḍa (Importance of Bhīṣma-pañcaka Vrata) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 265 - Aśūnyaśayana-Vrata < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 124 - Haribodhinī, Bhīṣmapañcaka etc. < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]