Pancapada, Pancan-pada, Pañcapada: 5 definitions
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Pañcapada (पञ्चपद).—1. adj., f. dā, consisting of five verses 2. f. dī, five steps, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 123.
Pañcapada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and pada (पद).
Pañcapada (पञ्चपद).—[adjective] containing five verses.
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Pañcapāda (पञ्चपाद).—[adjective] five-footed.
1) Pañcapada (पञ्चपद):—[=pañca-pada] [from pañca] mf(ā)n. (pa) containing 5 Padas, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) Pañcapāda (पञ्चपाद):—[=pañca-pāda] [from pañca] mfn. (pa) 5-footed, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]
Pañcapada (पञ्चपद):—(pañcan + pada) adj. f. ā fünf Pada enthaltend: paṅkti [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 2, 5, 22. 5, 1, 13. 2, 2, 3, 14.] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 18, 27.] [Mahābhārata 3, 10662.]
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Pañcapāda (पञ्चपाद):—(pañcan + pāda) adj. fünffüssig [Ṛgveda 1, 164, 12.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 6, 22.] [ADBH. BR. 6, 12] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 41.]
Pañcapada (पञ्चपद):—Adj. (f. ā) fünf Stollen habend.
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Pañcapāda (पञ्चपाद):——
1) Adj. fünffüssig. —
2) f. pañcapādī Titel verschiedener Werkes.
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: Pada, Panca, Pata.
Starts with: Pancapadarthi.
Full-text: Pancapadika, Chappancapadamatta, Pancapadi, Pancapadarthi, Pancapad, Pancapadivivriti, Dvipada, Shishya, Caila.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.164.12 < [Sukta 164]
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Sūtra 3.3.64 < [Adhyaya 3, Pada 3]
Adhikarana 33: Meditation on the Form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead < [Adhyaya 3, Pada 3]
Adhikarana 9: A Special Situation < [Adhyaya 4, Pada 3]
Preksha meditation: History and Methods (by Samani Pratibha Pragya)
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 107 < [Volume 15 (1911)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 434 < [Volume 19 (1915)]
Prashna Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary (by S. Sitarama Sastri)
Verse 1.11 < [Prashna I - The spiritual paths of the Moon and the Sun]