Pancasata, Pañcasata, Pancashata, Pañcaśata, Pancan-shata, Pañcasaṭa: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pañcaśata can be transliterated into English as Pancasata or Pancashata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchashata.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypañcasata : (nt.) five hundred.
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: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPañcaśata (पञ्चशत).—a. amounting to five hundred. (-tam) 1 one hundred and five.
2) five hundred.
Pañcaśata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and śata (शत).
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Pañcasaṭa (पञ्चसट).—one with five tufts of hair on the head (saṭāḥ jaṭāḥ keśasanniveśe madhye madhye pañcasu sthāneṣu kṣauravadvāpanam); दासोऽयं मुच्यतां राज्ञस्त्वया पञ्चसटः कृतः (dāso'yaṃ mucyatāṃ rājñastvayā pañcasaṭaḥ kṛtaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.272.18; (Mar. pāṃca pāṭa kāḍhaṇeṃ).
Derivable forms: pañcasaṭaḥ (पञ्चसटः).
Pañcasaṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and saṭa (सट).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcaśata (पञ्चशत).—I. n., and f. tī, five hundred, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 384 (ta); [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 44, 77 (tī). Ii. adj. 1. five hundred, Mahābhārata 3, 15723. 2. amounting to five hundred, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 301. 3. paying an amercement of five hundred, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 376. Paraḥśata, i. e.
Pañcaśata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and śata (शत).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcaśata (पञ्चशत).—[adjective] five hundred ([plural]), amounting to 500 (fine) or fined 500; the 500^th, te kāle in the 500^th year. —[neuter] 105 or 500, [feminine] ī 500, a period of 500 years.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pañcaśata (पञ्चशत):—[=pañca-śata] [from pañca] mf(ī)n. 500 ([plural]), [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] (a fine) amounting to 500 [Yājñavalkya]
3) [v.s. ...] fined 500 (Paṇas), [Manu-smṛti]
4) [v.s. ...] the 500th (te kāle, in the 500th year), [Mahābhārata]
5) [v.s. ...] n. 105 [Lāṭyāyana; 500; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata]
6) Pañcāśata (पञ्चाशत):—[from pañca] n. ([Mahābhārata]) fifty.
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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: Panca, Shata.
Starts with: Pancasatarattha, Pancashatatama.
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