Alternative spellings of this word include Panchayata.

In Hinduism

Gitashastra (science of music)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (gita)

Pañcāyatā (पञ्चायता) refers to one of the Seven mūrcchanās belonging to gāndhāragrāma, according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—The Mūrcchanās represent the “ascending (ārohaṇa) and the descending (avarohaṇa) movement of the seven svaras (i.e., the scale) in successive order”, according to the Saṃgītaratnākara. In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa twenty-one types of mūrcchanās [e.g., pañcāyatā] are accepted and those are said to be related to seven svaras and are dependent on each of three grāmas.

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Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pañcāyata (पंचायत).—and its compounds See under pañcāīta.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Paṃcāyata (पंचायत) [Also spelled panchayat]:—(nf) a village assembly; arbitration or a body of arbitrators; an assembly of elected representatives; (a gathering for) gossip-mongering; ~[ghara] the seat of the [paṃcāyata;—joḍanā/baṭoranā] to cause a gossip gathering, to assemble a team of gossip-mongers; to assemble a body of arbitrators; —[baiṭhānā] to submit a dispute to the [paṃcāyata] for settlement; to assemble a body of arbitrators.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paṃcāyata (ಪಂಚಾಯತ):—[noun] = ಪಂಚಾಯಿತಿ [pamcayiti].

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ayata, Panca.

Starts with: Pamcayatadara, Pancayata-samiti, Pancayatana, Pancayatanapaddhati, Pancayatanapratishthapaddhati, Pancayatanapuja, Pancayatanarthavarnashirshopanishad, Pancayatanatharvanashirsha, Pancayatanatharvanashirshopanishad, Pancayatani.

Full-text: Kataba, Mucalaka, Panchayat, Panchaayat-samiti, Laga.

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