Pancashukla, Pañcaśukla, Pancan-shukla: 5 definitions

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Pancashukla 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 Pañcaśukla can be transliterated into English as Pancasukla or Pancashukla, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Panchashukla.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pañcaśukla (पञ्चशुक्ल).—The holy combination of five days, viz. Uttarāyaṇa (day of the gods), the bright half of the month (day of the manes) and day time, हरिवासर (harivāsara) and सिद्धक्षेत्र (siddhakṣetra) (cf. triśuklam).

Derivable forms: pañcaśuklam (पञ्चशुक्लम्).

Pañcaśukla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and śukla (शुक्ल).

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

Pañcaśukla (पञ्चशुक्ल).—m. a certain poisonous insect, [Suśruta] 2, 288, 7. Mahā-śuklā, f. Sarasvatī.

Pañcaśukla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and śukla (शुक्ल).

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

Pañcaśukla (पञ्चशुक्ल):—[=pañca-śukla] [from pañca] m. ‘having 5 white spots’, a species of venomous insect, [Suśruta]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pancashukla 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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