Panktipavana, Paṅktipāvana, Pankti-pavana: 11 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPaṅktipāvana (पङ्क्तिपावन).—Persons eminently fit to eat with; learned in six aṅgas, given to dhyāna and yoga; learned in tantras, and yāyāvara Also sauparṇas, pañcāgneyas, sāmagas, trināciketas, trayīs, learned in bārhaspatyaśāśtra;1 unfit: anāśrami, ayati, mokṣavādi, citravādi, heretics, atheists, sāṅkhyas, muṇḍa, jaṭila, Kāpālikas, Kārukas, Songsters, sellers of Veda etc., persons not conforming to the rules of varṇa and āśrama.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypaṅktipāvana (पंक्तिपावन).—a (S) Pure for the common board; fit for commensality or for intercourse.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpaṅktipāvana (पंक्तिपावन).—a Pure for the common board; fit for commensality or for inter- course.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPaṅktipāvana (पङ्क्तिपावन).—a respectable or eminent person; especially, a respectable Brāhmaṇa who, being very learned, always gets the seat of honour at dinner parties, or who purifies by his presence the पङ्क्ति (paṅkti) or persons who sit in the same row to dine with him; Śiśupālavadha 14.33; पङ्क्तिपावनाः पञ्चाग्नयः (paṅktipāvanāḥ pañcāgnayaḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1. where Jagaddhara says:--पङ्क्तिपावनाः पङ्क्तौ भोजनादि- गोष्ठयां पावनाः । अग्रभोजिनः पवित्रा वा । यद्वा । यजुषां पारगो यस्तु साम्नां यश्चापि पारगः । अथर्वशिरसोऽध्येता ब्राह्मणः पङ्क्तिपावनः (paṅktipāvanāḥ paṅktau bhojanādi- goṣṭhayāṃ pāvanāḥ | agrabhojinaḥ pavitrā vā | yadvā | yajuṣāṃ pārago yastu sāmnāṃ yaścāpi pāragaḥ | atharvaśiraso'dhyetā brāhmaṇaḥ paṅktipāvanaḥ) || or अग्र्याः सर्वेषु वेदेषु सर्वप्रवचनेषु च । यावदेते प्रपश्यन्ति पङ्क्त्यां तावत् पुनन्ति च ॥ ततो हि पावनात् पङ्क्त्या उच्यन्ते पङ्क्तिपावनाः (agryāḥ sarveṣu vedeṣu sarvapravacaneṣu ca | yāvadete prapaśyanti paṅktyāṃ tāvat punanti ca || tato hi pāvanāt paṅktyā ucyante paṅktipāvanāḥ). Manu explains the word thus:-अपाङ्क्त्योपहता पङ्क्तिः पाव्यते यैद्विजोत्तमैः । तान्निबोधत कार्त्स्न्येन द्विजाग्र्यान् पङ्क्तिपावनान् (apāṅktyopahatā paṅktiḥ pāvyate yaidvijottamaiḥ | tānnibodhata kārtsnyena dvijāgryān paṅktipāvanān) Manusmṛti 3. 183; see 3.184,186 also.
Derivable forms: paṅktipāvanaḥ (पङ्क्तिपावनः).
Paṅktipāvana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paṅkti and pāvana (पावन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaṅktipāvana (पङ्क्तिपावन).—m.
(-naḥ) A respectable or eminent person. E. paṅkti, and pāvana who purifies.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaṅktipāvana (पङ्क्तिपावन).—adj. purifying a company.
Paṅktipāvana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paṅkti and pāvana (पावन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaṅktipāvana (पङ्क्तिपावन).—[adjective] purifying or adorning a society.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaṅktipāvana (पङ्क्तिपावन):—[=paṅkti-pāvana] [from paṅkti] mfn. purifying society, respectable (opp. to dūṣa), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPaṅktipāvana (पङ्क्तिपावन):—[paṅkti-pāvana] (naḥ) 1. m. A respectable or eminent person.
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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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Partial matches: Pavana, Pankti.
Starts with: Panktipavanapavana.
Full-text: Panktipavanapavana, Pankti, Panktidusha, Dusa, Udumbara, Pavana.
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