Pancakshari, 笔补帽肠腻办峁谤墨, Pamcakshari, Panca-akshari: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 笔补帽肠腻办峁谤墨 can be transliterated into English as Pancaksari or Pancakshari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchakshari.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram笔补帽肠腻办峁谤墨 (啶啷嵿啶距啷嵿し啶班) or 笔补帽肠腻办峁谤墨vidy膩 is another name for 笔补帽肠补辫谤补峁嘺惫补, which refers to the 鈥渇ive Pra峁嘺vas鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擺...] The five together can also be treated as a single unit called 鈥�辫补帽肠补辫谤补峁嘺惫补鈥欌�斺�榯he (one called) Five Pra峁嘺vas鈥�, 鈥�辫补帽肠腻谤峁嘺鈥欌�斺�榯he (one called) Five Letters鈥� or simply 鈥�辫补帽肠补办补鈥欌�斺�榯he Group of Five鈥�. As such the five together are sometimes treated as a single mantra in its own right called 鈥�辫补帽肠腻办峁谤墨-惫颈诲测腻鈥欌�斺�榯he Vidy膩 of Five Syllables鈥�. They may also be called 鈥榯he Five Letters鈥� (辫补帽肠补惫补谤峁嘺鈥�pa帽c膩r峁嚹� 辫补帽肠补var峁嚹佱弗 辫补帽肠补pra峁嘺v膩s te).
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) 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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts (ay)笔补帽肠腻办峁谤墨 (啶啷嵿啶距啷嵿し啶班) refers to the five syllables of the Garu岣峚 Mantra, as discussed in the first chapter of the 碍腻艣测补辫补蝉补峁僪颈迟补: a P膩帽car膩tra 膧gama text composed of 13 chapters dealing with snake-bites, poisons and curing their venom by use of the 驳补谤耻岣峚尘补苍迟谤补 while also dealing with worship and devotion.鈥擠escription of the chapter [驳补谤耻岣峚-辫补帽肠腻办峁谤墨-办补濒辫补]:鈥擥autama, approaching Ka艣yapa, says that although he knows many mantras he would like to know the 5-syllable 驳补谤耻岣峚尘补苍迟谤补 (1-7). Ka艣yapa agrees to tell him not only the mantra itself, but its greatness, its origin, how to meditate upon it, how to employ it in worship, etc., in just the same way that Mah膩deva (艢iva) once taught it (8-11). [...]
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypa帽c膩k峁r墨 (啶啶氞ぞ啶曕啶粪ぐ啷�).鈥攃 (S) That uses the 辫补帽肠腻办峁谤墨尘补苍迟谤补; an exorciser or dispossessor of demons and fiends. See under 诲脓惫补谤耻峁Ｄ�. Ex. pa峁�0 k膩岣峢iti samandha || ty膩cy膩 ghar膩峁僺墨 j膩tas膿 sad膩 || t膿 mha峁嘺t墨 j膩l墨 bh奴tab膩dh膩 || &c.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpa帽c膩k峁r墨 (啶啶氞ぞ啶曕啶粪ぐ啷�).鈥�c An exorciser or dispossessor of demons and fiends.
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 笔补帽肠腻办峁谤墨 (啶啷嵿啶距啷嵿し啶班):鈥擺from pa帽c膩k峁ra > 辫补帽肠补] a f. See sub voce
2) [from 辫补帽肠补] b f. 5 s掳, [Viddha艣膩labha帽jik膩]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPa峁僣膩k峁ri (嗖矀嗖氞簿嗖曕硩嗖粪舶嗖�):鈥擺noun] a sacred five-syllabic hymn repeated with reverence, submitting oneself to 艢iva.
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: Akshari, Panca.
Starts with: Pancaksharikalpa, Pancaksharikarma, Pancaksharimantra, Pancaksharimuktavali, Pancaksharishatprayoga, Pancaksharistotra, Pancaksharividhana, Pancakshariyantropadesha.
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