Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

pañcan पञ्चन् – five

adjective · numeral · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

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Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

páñcan ·a. ­ five.

Original text · English · adjective

pañcán ·a. five.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

pañcan pañcan, a, m. f. n. pl. (said to be fr. rt. pañc; originally the spreading out of the hand to re- present the number by the five fingers), five. In the Veda pañca svasāraḥ, the five sisters = the fingers; dviḥ pañca svasāraḥ = the ten fingers; pañca kṣi- tīnām, the five classes of dwellers on the earth = the four castes and the Niṣādas, Ṛg-veda 1. 7, 9; [cf. 1. kṣiti, carṣaṇi, kṛṣṭi, jana; cf. also Ved. pañca-tha = Zend pukh-dha = Gr. πέμπ- το-ς; Zend pañcan; Gr. πέντε, Æol. πέμπε; Lat. quinque, quinc-tu-s or quin-tu-s, Quinct-īli-s; Goth. fimf; Mod. Germ. fünf; Lith. pan-ti; Hib. cuig; Cambro-Brit. pump.]

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

páñcan fünf UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 1,156. ŚĀNT. 2,5. nom. acc. páñca (pañcá AV. 5,15,5); instr. pañcábhis, nachved. auch pañcabhís; dat. abl. pañcábhyas, nachved. auch pañcabhyás; gen. pañcānā́m; loc. pañcásu, nachved. auch pañcasú P. 6,1,179. fgg. Ueber die Declin. eines adj. comp. auf pañcan s. den Schol. zu P. 7,1,55. P. 8,4,65. SIDDH. K. 22,a. pañcà ca̱ yāḥ pàñcā̱śaccà sa̱ṃyanti̱ manyā̀ a̱bhi AV. 6,25,1. pañca̱ vyùṣṭī̱ranu̱ pañca̱ dohā gāṃ pañcànāmnīmṛ̱tavo 'nu̱ pañcà AV. 8,9,15. AV. 8,9,23. AV. 9,5,25. AV. 9,5,26. pañcà rā̱jyānì vī̱rudhā̀m AV. 11,6,15. TS. 4,3,11,2. ŚAT. BR. 3,2,3,12. KĀTY. ŚR. 8,5,28. KĀTY. ŚR. 15,7,5. KĀTY. ŚR. 24,4,41. M. 2,43. M. 2,137. M. 12,16. MBH. 3,10662. R. 1,1,73. RAGH. 3,13. pañcapañcādbhutaṃ gṛham der fünfundzwanzig BHĀG. P. 6,5,8. die fünf oder zweimal fünf (Schwestern) sind die Finger ṚV. 4,6,8. ṚV. 9,98,6. VS. 1,9. Zu bemerken ist pañcà kṣitī̱nām ṚV. 1,7,9. Am häufigsten werden in fünffacher Zahl genannt kṛṣṭi, jana, carṣaṇi, manuṣya, mānava, diś, pradiś, vāta, ṛtu, bhūta, mātra, paśu, indriya, agni, yajña, hotar.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

pañcan Titel des 14ten Lambaka im Kathāsaritsāgara KATHĀS. 1,8. so genannt nach fünf Vidyādhara-Jungfrauen, die gelobt hatten, alle fünf zu gleicher Zeit einen Gatten gemeinschaftlich zu wählen; vgl. KATHĀS. 107,85. fgg.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

páñcan und pañcán — 1〉 Adj. Pl. fünf. — 2〉 Titel des 14ten Lambaka im KATHĀS.

Original text · German · adjective

páñcan und pañcán — 1〉 Adj. Pl. fünf. — 2〉 Titel des 14ten Lambaka im KATHĀS.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

páñcan u. pañcán fünf.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

pañcan pañcan a. cinq. Lith. penki; gr. πέντε; bret. pemp; goth. fimf; lat. quinque; irl. cuig; etc. M§ 51, 5°.

Derived words

  • pañcaka पञ्चक substantive neuter group of five; pentad
  • pañcataya पञ्चतय adjective fivefold

Occurrences in source texts (17)

GoS 3 occurrences
GoS 64–66: An Order for Practice 2 occurrences

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GoS 101–101.1: Turning Enjoyment Inwards 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.11*5-4.11*14: Khecarī in Space 1 occurrence

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PJH 3 occurrences
PJH: Maṅgala and Invocation Verses 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 0.1 Segment 4

    Attested form: pañca Grammar of the segment: dvigu-compound

PJH 7-8: Tantric Cosmology and the Revelation of Divine Awareness 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

  • PJH 7 Segment 11

    Through: pañcaka Attested form: pañcaka Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

PJH 10-11: The Five Divine Acts 1 occurrence

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  • PJH 10 Segment 3

    Attested form: pañca Grammar of the segment: dvigu-compound

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 1.5–11: The Five Vṛtti 1 occurrence

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SiSa 8 occurrences
SiSa 1.93-1.99: Karmische Verkörperung 2 occurrences

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SiSa 2.13-2.20: Suṣumṇā und Citrā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2.25-2.31: Nāḍī-Netz 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.1-3.10: Herzlotus und Prāṇa 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.144-5.155: Ājñā und Khecarī 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.182-5.190: Sahasrāra-Mond 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 32–35: Emptiness and Nāḍī 1 occurrence

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