Pancasayaka, Pañcasāyaka: 5 definitions
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Pancasayaka 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 Panchasayaka.
In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Wikipedia: KāmaśāstraPañcasāyaka (पञ्चसायक) (lit. “five arrows”) is the name of a Sanskrit work in five parts dealing Kāmaśāstra (“science of erotics”) written by Jyotirishwar Thakur (or Kaviśekharācārya Jyotirīśvara Ṭhākura).
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Pañcasāyaka (पञ्चसायक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—erotics, by Kaviśekhara Jyotirīśvara. L. 375. K. 248. B. 3, 52. Ben. 39. Bik. 533. Kāṭm. 7. Oudh. Vi, 10. Xvi, 104. Burnell. 59^a. P. 10 (by Mahipati). Oppert. 4120. Peters. 2, 110. Quoted by Mohanadāsa Oxf. 143^a.
2) Pañcasāyaka (पञ्चसायक):—add Io. 2526.
3) Pañcasāyaka (पञ्चसायक):—erotic, by Kaviśekhara Jyotirīśvara. Peters. 4, 27. Stein 62.
—[commentary] Lakṣyavedhana by Sāhibrāma. Stein 62.
4) Pañcasāyaka (पञ्चसायक):—erotic by Kaviśekhara. Peters. 6, 338.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcasāyaka (पञ्चसायक):—[=pañca-sāyaka] [from pañca] n. (?) Name of [work]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Sayaka, Panca.
Full-text: Pancacayakan, Punyabhaj, Jyotirishvara kavishekhara, Nandishvara, Gonikaputra, Mahipati, Goniputra, Muladeva, Rantideva, Hamsapaksha, Kshemendra.
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Kamashastra Discourse (Life in Ancient India) (by Nidheesh Kannan B.)
2. Works on Kāmaśāstra (b): Pañcasāyaka < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]
4. Miscellaneous Works < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]
8.3. The Body in Kāmaśāstra < [Chapter 5 - Looking for Alternatives: Possibilities in Kāmaśāstra]
Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)