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Pingal, Pimgal: 3 definitions

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Pingal means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.

Ambiguity: Although Pingal has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word .

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

: archive.org: Aspects of Bengal society: Ship-building and commerce

Pingal is the name of an ancient city mentioned by the author of the Kavikankan’s ChandikÄvya pp. 195-202.—Accordingly, after the performance of the usual ceremonies before sailing, the merchant Dhanapati passed the following places: [...]—all by the side of the Ganges. Then he reached the very celebrated inland port of Bengal known as Saptagram near the Tribeni. The poet here incidentally praised this port and gave it a superiour place among the following ports and places: [e.g., Pingal, etc...]. According to the poet the merchants of the above places visit Saptagram but the merchants of Saptagram do never visit those ports and places.

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Kavya (कावà¥à¤�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetryâ€� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetryâ€�.

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Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pingal in Hindi refers in English to:�(nm) prosody; (a) yellow, tawny; ~[shastra] (the science of) prosody; ~[shastri] a prosodist: ~[shastriya] prosodical..—pingal (पिंग�) is alternatively transliterated as Piṃgala.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

PiṃgÄl (ಪಿಂಗಾಲà³�):â€�

1) [noun] the back part of the human foot, under the ankle and behind the instep; the heel.

2) [noun] either of the two hind legs of any four-legged animals.

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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.

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