Pancasayaka, Pañcasāyaka, Panca-sayaka: 6 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 Pancasayaka.

In Hinduism

Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)

[«previous next»] — Pancasayaka in Kamashastra glossary
Source: Wikipedia: Kāmaśāstra

Pañcasāyaka (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).

Source: Shodhganga: Influence of Kamasastra on classical Sanskrit literature

Pañcasāyaka (पञ्चसायक) is the name of a text dealing with Kāmaśāstra as referenced by the Kelikutuhala by Pandita Mathura Prasada Dixit—The Kelikutūhala is a recent erotic book written in 1949 A.D. discussing topics such as masturbation, use of medicines, coital postures, prostitution, etc.. In the introduction to this book the author gives a list 64 of fifty books [e.g., pañcasāyaka] which were written on erotic science in which most of the books are unpublished. All these books show the rich heritage of Indian erotic science (kāma-śāstra).

Kamashastra book cover
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Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pancasayaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) 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 Dictionary

Pañcasāyaka (पञ्चसायक):—[=pañca-sāyaka] [from pañca] n. (?) Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pancasayaka 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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