Pancadravida, Pañcadraviḍa, Pamcadravida: 3 definitions

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Pancadravida means something in Marathi. 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pancadravida in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pañcadraviḍa (पंचद्रविड).—m (S) A term comprehending five distinctions among Brahmans,--tailaṅga, drāviḍa, kārnā- ṭaka, mahārāṣṭra, kauṅkaṇa. Another enumeration is drāviḍa mahārāṣṭra, tailaṅga, kārṇāṭaka, gurjjara. It is disallowed by many.

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

pañcadravīḍa (पंचद्रवीड).—m A term comprehending five distinctions among Bra'hmans-tailaṅga, draviḍa, karnāṭaka, mahārāṣṭra, kōṅkaṇa. Another enumeration is draviḍa, mahārāṣṭra, tailaṅga, kārnāṭaka, gurjara.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pancadravida in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paṃcadrāviḍa (ಪಂಚದ್ರಾವಿಡ):—[noun] (pl.) the five Dravidian languages - Kannaḍa, Tamil, Telugu, Malayāḷa and Tuḷu.

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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.

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