Pancavimsha, Pañcaviṃśa, Pancan-vimsha: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pañcaviṃśa can be transliterated into English as Pancavimsa or Pancavimsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchavimsha.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Pañcaviṃśa (पञ्चविंश) refers to the “twenty-five (qualities)” (of the principles of existence), according to the Kularatnoddyota, one of the earliest Kubjikā Tantras.—Accordingly, “[...] ‘My Wheel called Bliss,’ (said the Lord) ‘is fashioned by means of both of them.’ (Thus) created, the supremely divine (goddess) was endowed with the twenty-five qualities (pañcaviṃśa-guṇa) (of the principles of existence) and, residing in the twenty-five principles of existence, the Supreme Goddess was beautiful. [...]”.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Pañcaviṃśa (पञ्चविंश).—a. twenty-fifth.
Pañcaviṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and viṃśa (विंश).
Pañcaviṃśa (पञ्चविंश).—twenty-fifth, ib. p. 437. Ṣaḍviṃśa, i. e.
Pañcaviṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and viṃśa (विंश).
Pañcaviṃśa (पञ्चविंश).—[feminine] ī the twenty-fifth or consisting of twenty-five.
Pañcaviṃśa (पञ्चविंश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—stoma. B. 1, 14.
1) Pañcaviṃśa (पञ्चविंश):—[=pañca-viṃśa] [from pañca] mf(ī)n. the 25th, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] containing or consisting of 25 [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] representing the Pañcaviṃśa Stoma, belonging to it, celebrated with it, etc., [Brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
4) [v.s. ...] m. a Stoma consisting of 25 parts, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of Viṣṇu regarded as the 25th Tattva, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Pañcaviṃśa (पञ्चविंश):—(von pañcaviṃśati) adj.
1) der 25ste [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa.4,6,1,13.8,4,3,15.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa.1,2,6,2.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 49,14. 81 (80,a),13. 97,5.] von Viṣṇu als dem 25sten Tattva [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 8, 52.] In [Sūryasiddhānta 12, 12] erhält Viṣṇu das Beiwort pañcaviṃśātparaḥ, doch hat die v.l. pañcaviṃśātmakaḥ; vgl. [Mahābhārata 12, 11251.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 375,] [Nalopākhyāna 2.] —
2) aus 25 bestehend, 25 enthaltend: stoma [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 14, 25.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6, 7, 2, 6. 12, 2, 3, 3.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 6, 1.] tāṇḍyaṃ pañcaviṃśaṃ brāhmaṇam [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 284.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 31. fgg.] Mit Ergänzung von stoma [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 14, 25.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 1, 2, 8. 9.] —
3) den Pañkaviṃśa-Stoma darstellend, zu ihm gehörig, mit ihm gefeiert u.s.w. [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 18, 1, 9.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 16, 7, 1.] athainaṃ prācyāṃ diśi vasavo devāḥ ṣaḍbhiścaiva pañcaviṃśairahobhirabhyaṣiñcan ([Sāyaṇa] während 31 Tagen) [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 8, 14.]
Pañcaviṃśa (पञ्चविंश):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) — a) der 25ste [138,16.] — b) aus 23 bestehend , 25 enthaltend. — c) den Pañcaviṃśa-Stoma darstellend , zu ihm gehörig , mit ihm gefeiert u.s.w. —
2) m. ein 25theiliger Stoma.
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