Pancavarshika, Pāñcavarṣika, Pañcavārṣika, Pancan-varshika, Pamcavarshika: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Pāñcavarṣika and Pañcavārṣika can be transliterated into English as Pancavarsika or Pancavarshika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Panchavarshika.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Pāñcavarṣika (पाञ्चवर्षिक).—a. (- f.) Five years old.

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Pañcavārṣika (पञ्चवार्षिक).—a. recurring every five years.

Pañcavārṣika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and vārṣika (वार्षिक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pañcavarṣika (पञ्चवर्षिक).—(so Divyāvadāna 403.16, 27; 405.11; and Kal-panām., below), or (in all others) °vārṣika, adj. and subst. nt., of five years, or as subst., the festival-gathering of the Buddhist order every five years; as adj., °ka-mahaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 5676 = Tibetan lo lṅaḥi (of 5 years) dus ston; °kaṃ satkāraṃ Divyāvadāna 398.24, the 5-yearly entertainment (of the order, on this festal occasion); but usually nt. subst., °ke vartamāne, Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā, Kl. Sanskrit Texte 2, 44 (Lüders, das grosse, alle fünf Jahre gefeierte Ordensfest); ghuṣyatāṃ °kaṃ Divyāvadāna 403.7, 16, 27; others, Divyāvadāna 242.11; 405.11; 419.15; 429.15; Avadāna-śataka i.88.1 (title of Chap. 16, with story of origin of the festival); 89.14; 90.1; 92.2, 4; ii.39.5, 6. (Divyāvadāna Index wrongly entertainment for five months of the rainy season, with Burnouf, Introd. 394, but B. in his note shows awareness of the possibility of the other, true inter- pretation.)

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

Pañcavārṣika (पञ्चवार्षिक).—[adjective] five years old.

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Pāñcavārṣika (पाञ्चवार्षिक).—[feminine] ī five years old.

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

1) Pañcavārṣika (पञ्चवार्षिक):—[=pañca-vārṣika] [from pañca] mf(ī)n. 5 years old, recurring every 5 years

2) [v.s. ...] n. and

3) Pāñcavārṣika (पाञ्चवार्षिक):—[=pāñca-vārṣika] [from pāñca] pAyca—vArzika a mf(ī)n. 5 years old, [Jyotiṣa]

4) Pāñcavarṣika (पाञ्चवर्षिक):—[=pāñca-varṣika] [from pāñca] mf(ī)n. 5 years old, [Jyotiṣa]

5) Pāñcavārṣika (पाञ्चवार्षिक):—[=pāñca-vārṣika] [from pāñca] b See above.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pancavarshika 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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Kannada-English dictionary

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

Paṃcavārṣika (ಪಂಚವಾರ್ಷಿಕ):—[adjective] running (continuously) over a period of five years; that is effective during a specified five years; made or planned for five years period.

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Pāṃcavārṣika (ಪಾಂಚವಾರ್ಷಿಕ):—

1) [adjective] of five years age.

2) [adjective] made, planned, running for or being effective during five years.

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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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