Pancavimshatika, Pañcaviṃśatikā, Pancan-vimshatika: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Pañcaviṃśatikā can be transliterated into English as Pancavimsatika or Pancavimshatika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Panchavimshatika.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pañcaviṃśatikā (पञ्चविंशतिका).—a collection of twenty-five; as in वेतालपञ्चविंशतिका (vetālapañcaviṃśatikā).

Pañcaviṃśatikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pañcan and viṃśatikā (विंशतिका).

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

Pañcaviṃśatikā (पञ्चविंशतिका).—i. e. pañcan-viṃśati + ka, fem.; in vetāla-, Twenty-five tales of a Vetāla; the title of a work.

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

1) Pañcaviṃśatika (पञ्चविंशतिक):—[=pañca-viṃśatika] [from pañca] mfn. (a fine) consisting of or amounting to 25 (Paṇas), [Yājñavalkya ii, 205]

2) [v.s. ...] n. the number 25 [Mahābhārata]

3) Pañcaviṃśatikā (पञ्चविंशतिका):—[=pañca-viṃśatikā] [from pañca-viṃśatika > pañca] f. See -viṃśati.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pañcaviṃśatikā (पञ्चविंशतिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṇavīsī.

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Pancavimshatika 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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