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Bhutapancaka, Bhuta-pancaka, ūٲ貹ñ첹: 2 definitions

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Bhutapancaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Bhutapanchaka.

In Hinduism

Shaiva philosophy

: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)

ūٲ貹ñ첹 (भूतपञ्चक) [=Pañcabhūta?] refers to the “five elements�, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī 2.131:—“[...] For the former [i.e., Ṣaḍdhātusamīkṣā] acknowledge that ordinary human practice is accounted for if this much [is admitted]: the five elements (ūٲ貹ñ첹) and consciousness, because such other [things as] the sense organs are included in these; whereas the latter admit that the ordinary human practice [consisting in the relationship between] an apprehending [subject] and an apprehended [object] is accounted for if a particular transformation called ‘consciousness� arises in the four elements from [some of their] various combinations, and if this transformation does not arise [from other combinations of the four elements]�.

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Bhutapancaka in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bhūtapaṃcaka (ಭೂತಪಂಚ�):—[noun] (phil.) collectively the five basic elements the earth, water, fire, air and space (ether) believed to constitute all physical matter.

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