Pancapada, Pañcapada, Pancan-pada: 5 definitions

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Pancapada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Panchapada.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pancapada in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pañcapada (पञ्चपद).—1. adj., f. , consisting of five verses 2. f. , five steps, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 123.

Pañcapada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and pada (पद).

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

Pañcapada (पञ्चपद).—[adjective] containing five verses.

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Pañcapāda (पञ्चपाद).—[adjective] five-footed.

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

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]

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Pancapada 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.

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