Pancakshari, Pañcākṣarī, Pamcakshari, Panca-akshari: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pañcākṣarī can be transliterated into English as Pancaksari or Pancakshari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchakshari.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Pañcākṣarī (पञ्चाक्षरी) or Pañcākṣarīvidyā is another name for Pañcapraṇava, which refers to the “five Praṇavas”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—[...] The five together can also be treated as a single unit called ‘pañcapraṇava’—‘the (one called) Five Praṇavas’, ‘pañcārṇa’—‘the (one called) Five Letters’ or simply ‘pañcaka’—‘the Group of Five’. As such the five together are sometimes treated as a single mantra in its own right called ‘pañcākṣarī-vidyā’—‘the Vidyā of Five Syllables’. They may also be called ‘the Five Letters’ (pañcavarṇa—pañcārṇā pañcavarṇāḥ pañcapraṇavās te).
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Pañcākṣarī (पञ्चाक्षरी) refers to the five syllables of the Garuḍa Mantra, as discussed in the first chapter of the Kāśyapasaṃhita: a Pāñcarātra Āgama text composed of 13 chapters dealing with snake-bites, poisons and curing their venom by use of the garuḍamantra while also dealing with worship and devotion.—Description of the chapter [garuḍa-pañcākṣarī-kalpa]:—Gautama, approaching Kaśyapa, says that although he knows many mantras he would like to know the 5-syllable garuḍamantra (1-7). Kaśyapa agrees to tell him not only the mantra itself, but its greatness, its origin, how to meditate upon it, how to employ it in worship, etc., in just the same way that Mahādeva (Śiva) once taught it (8-11). [...]
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
pañcākṣarī (पंचाक्षरी).—c (S) That uses the pañcākṣarīmantra; an exorciser or dispossessor of demons and fiends. See under dēvaruṣī. Ex. paṃ0 kāḍhiti samandha || tyācyā gharāṃsī jātasē sadā || tē mhaṇatī jālī bhūtabādhā || &c.
pañcākṣarī (पंचाक्षरी).—c An exorciser or dispossessor of demons and fiends.
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
1) Pañcākṣarī (पञ्चाक्षरी):—[from pañcākṣara > pañca] a f. See sub voce
2) [from pañca] b f. 5 s°, [Viddhaśālabhañjikā]
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
Paṃcākṣari (ಪಂಚಾಕ್ಷರಿ):—[noun] a sacred five-syllabic hymn repeated with reverence, submitting oneself to Śiva.
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: Akshari, Panca.
Starts with: Pancaksharikalpa, Pancaksharikarma, Pancaksharimantra, Pancaksharimuktavali, Pancaksharishatprayoga, Pancaksharistotra, Pancaksharividhana, Pancakshariyantropadesha.
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