Alternative spellings of this word include Panchalaka.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pāñcālaka (पाञ्चालक).—a. Belonging to the people of the Pañchālas.

-kaḥ A king of that country.

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

Pañcālaka (पञ्चालक).—[pañcāla + ka], I. adj. Referring to the Pañcālas; with rājan, A prince of the Pañcālas, Mahābhārata 5, 7504 (perhaps to be changed to pāñcālaka). Ii. m. 1. pl. = The Pañcālas, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 22, 3. 2. A certain poisonous insect, [Suśruta] 2, 288, 3.

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Pāñcālaka (पाञ्चालक).—[pāñcāla + ka], adj., f. likā, Belonging to the Pañcālas.

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

Pāñcālaka (पाञ्चालक).—[feminine] likā = [preceding] adj.

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

1) Pañcālaka (पञ्चालक):—[from pañcāla] mfn. relating to the Pañcālas, [Mahābhārata] ([probably] [wrong reading] for pāñc)

2) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] the P°s [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. (sg.) a species of venomous insect, [Suśruta]

4) Pāñcālaka (पाञ्चालक):—[from pāñcāla] mf(ikā)n. relating or belonging to the people of the Pañcālas, [Mahābhārata]

5) [v.s. ...] m. a king of the P°s [ib.]

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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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Ends with: Aparapancalaka, Ardhapancalaka, Dakshinapancalaka, Paurvapancalaka, Purvapancalaka, Sarvapancalaka, Supancalaka.

Full-text: Purvapancalaka, Paurvapancalaka, Sarvapancalaka, Ardhapancalaka, Dakshinapancalaka, Pancalika.

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