Pancapancaka, Pañcapañcaka, Pancan-pancaka: 4 definitions

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Pancapancaka 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 Panchapanchaka.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«previous next»] — Pancapancaka in Ayurveda glossary
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Pañcapañcaka (पञ्चपञ्चक):—A collective term used for indicating five pentads viz. five sense organs, seats of five sense organ, object of five sense, five basic material of five senses, five type of knowledge of five senses

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pañcapañcaka (पञ्चपञ्चक).—n. the twenty-five (principles of the Sāṅkhya philosophy), [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 53, 42.

Pañcapañcaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and pañcaka (पञ्चक).

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

Pañcapañcaka (पञ्चपञ्चक):—[=pañca-pañcaka] [from pañca] ([Rāmāyaṇa]) 5 x 5 ([in the beginning of a compound])

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Pancapancaka 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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