Alternative spellings of this word include Panchakona.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Pañcakoṇa (पञ्चकोण) refers to a “pentagonal shape”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: [while explaining the body circle (kāyacakra)]: “[...] He should push [the obstacle demons by means of the stakes] into the directions starting with the east inside the adamantine cage. The adamantine ground should be underneath. A net of arrows is [placed] above. Moreover, there are an adamantine fence, [an adamantine] canopy, and the dharmodayā (“origin of phenomenal existences”) inside. It is triangle, [the second one is] square, and [the third one is] pentagonal [in shape] [e.g., pañcakoṇa]. He should also visualize a hexagonal one, [the fourth one]. He should arrange them all in sequence corresponding to the order of the four layers. [...]”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pañcakōṇa (पंचकोण).—m (S) A pentagon.

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pañcakōṇa (पंचकोण).—a (S) Pentangular.

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

pañcakōṇa (पंचकोण).—m A pentagon. a Pentangular.

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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

Pañcakoṇa (पञ्चकोण).—a pentagon.

Derivable forms: pañcakoṇaḥ (पञ्चकोणः).

Pañcakoṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and koṇa (कोण).

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

Pañcakoṇa (पञ्चकोण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) A pentagon. E. pañca, and koṇa an angle.

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

Pañcakoṇa (पञ्चकोण).—[masculine] a pentagon.

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

Pañcakoṇa (पञ्चकोण):—[=pañca-koṇa] [from pañca] m. a pentagon, [Colebrooke]

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

Pañcakoṇa (पञ्चकोण):—[pañca-koṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. A pentagon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pancakona 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

Paṃcakōṇa (ಪಂಚಕೋಣ):—

1) [noun] (geom.) a closed plane figure with five angles and five sides; a pentagon.

2) [noun] (myth.) one of the hells.

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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: Kona, Panca.

Starts with: Pancakonam.

Full-text: Pancabhuja, Pamcabhujakriti, Pamcabhuji, Panchakone, Aparanha, Pratyusha, Mahakala.

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