Pancatattvaprakasha, Pañcatattvaprakāśa, Pancatattva-prakasha: 3 definitions
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Pancatattvaprakasha 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 Pañcatattvaprakāśa can be transliterated into English as Pancatattvaprakasa or Pancatattvaprakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchatattvaprakasha.
In Hinduism
Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)
Source: Shodhganga: Technical study of the dictionaries published in Sanskrit language since 1800 ADPañcatattvaprakāśa (पञ्चतत्त्वप्रकाश) is a lexicon having 335 verses ascribed to Veṇidatta of the 17th C.A.D. It contains the terms connected with pªithvi (earth), jala (water), tejas (fire), vayu (air) and akasa (ether). The work has six sections and the terms are arranged according to respective categories.
Kosha (कोश, kośa) refers to Sanskrit lexicons intended to provide additional information regarding technical terms used in religion, philosophy and the various sciences (shastra). The oldest extant thesaurus (kosha) dates to the 4th century AD.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPañcatattvaprakāśa (पञ्चतत्त्वप्रकाश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—glossary, composed by Veṇīdatta in 1644. L. 1436.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPañcatattvaprakāśa (पञ्चतत्त्वप्रकाश):—[=pañca-tattva-prakāśa] [from pañca-tattva > pañca] m. Name of [work]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Prakasha, Pancatattva.
Full-text: Jagajjivana, Venidatta, Nilakantha.
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