Pancavidha, Pañcavidha, Pañcavidhā, Pancan-vidha, Panca-vidha: 11 definitions
Introduction:
Pancavidha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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 Panchavidha.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Pañcavidhā (पञ्चविधा) refers to the “five-fold” (Śakti), according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “ Akula is (the reality) that should be understood and, O lady of good vows, Kaula comes from Kula. (Although) formless (amūrti), one should meditate on it as having form (because) its pure cognitive state cannot be perceived. Akula is the supreme principle. Śakti, which is five-fold, is Kula (pañcavidhā—śaktiḥ pañcavidhā kulam). While, (one could say) simply that its permutated (phenomenal) state is (the reality called) Kaula of those who maintain the tradition”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Pañcavidhā (पञ्चविधा) refers to the “five-fold” (classification) (of an elephants’ shadow), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 8, “on marks of character”]: “16. Their ‘sheen’ (or ‘shadow,’ chāyā) is five-fold (pañcavidhā). As a thick bank of clouds may cover the sun, so it may obliterate the (significance of the) bodily characteristics of an elephant. It is (five-fold) according to the difference of (the five) elements. The first cloud-shaped (‘shadow’) is produced by earth; two (‘not-one,’ ‘more-than-one’) are produced by water and fire. These three are most valuable. The two other than these (produced by air and ether) are displeasing and highly undesirable”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
pañcavidha : (adj.) fivefold.
Pañcavidha refers to: fivefold J. I, 204 (°ā abhirakkhā); VI, 341 (°paduma), °bandhana: see this.
Note: pañcavidha is a Pali compound consisting of the words pañca and vidha.
pañcavidha (ပဉ္စဝိဓ) [(na) (န)]—
[pañca+vidha]
[ပဉ္စ+ဝိဓ]
[Pali to Burmese]
pañcavidha—
(Burmese text): (၁) ၅-ပါးသော-အဖို့-အစု-အကွဲအပြား။ (တိ) (၂) ၅-ပါးသော-အဖို့အစု-အကွဲအပြား-ရှိသော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Five-part assembly of collections. (2) There are collections of five-part assemblies.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Pañcavidha (पञ्चविध).—a. fivefold, of five kinds. °प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) f. the five departments of a government; अमात्यराष्ट्रदुर्गार्थदण्डाख्याः पञ्च चापराः (amātyarāṣṭradurgārthadaṇḍākhyāḥ pañca cāparāḥ) Manusmṛti 7.157.
Pañcavidha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and vidha (विध).
Pañcavidha (पञ्चविध).—[adjective] of five kinds.
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Pañcavidha (पञ्चविध).—[adjective] of five kinds.
Pañcavidha (पञ्चविध):—[=pañca-vidha] [from pañca] mfn. (pañcaor pañca-) of 5 kinds, fivefold, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
[Sanskrit to German]
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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