Pancashakha, Pañcaśākha, Pancan-shakha, Pamcashakha: 8 definitions

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Pancashakha 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.

The Sanskrit term Pañcaśākha can be transliterated into English as Pancasakha or Pancashakha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Panchashakha.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pancashakha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pañcaśākha (पञ्चशाख).—

1) the hand; स्वशिरः पश्चशाखाभ्यामभिहत्यायतेक्षणा (svaśiraḥ paścaśākhābhyāmabhihatyāyatekṣaṇā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 11.17.3; कदापि नो मुञ्चति पञ्चशाखः (kadāpi no muñcati pañcaśākhaḥ) (nārāyaṇasya) Rām. Ch.1.9; स्फूर्जद्रत्नाङ्गुलीयद्युतिशबलनखद्योतिभिः पञ्चशाखैः (sphūrjadratnāṅgulīyadyutiśabalanakhadyotibhiḥ pañcaśākhaiḥ) Śiva B.3.49.

2) an elephant.

Derivable forms: pañcaśākhaḥ (पञ्चशाखः).

Pañcaśākha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and śākha (शाख).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pañcaśākha (पञ्चशाख).—m.

(-khaḥ) 1. The hand. 2. An elephant. E. pañca five, śākhā a branch, the five-fingered.

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

Pañcaśākha (पञ्चशाख).—[adjective] five-fingered; [masculine] the hand.

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

1) Pañcaśākha (पञ्चशाख):—[=pañca-śākha] [from pañca] mfn. 5-branched, 5-fingered, [Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. the hand, [Dhūrtanartaka]

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

Pañcaśākha (पञ्चशाख):—[pañca-śākha] (khaḥ) 1. m. The hand.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pancashakha in German

context information

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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pancashakha in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paṃcaśākha (ಪಂಚಶಾಖ):—[noun] the hand, that has five terminal points.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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