paṃcatā

Dictionary meanings for paṃcatā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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paṃcatā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 Five-fold state.

2 A collection of five.

3 The five ele- ments taken collectively.

4 Death, dissolution; paṃcatāṃ tvaṃ gam, yā &c. means ‘to be resolved into the five elements of which the body con- sists’, ‘to die or perish’; paṃcatāṃ, tvaṃ nī ‘to kill or destroy’; paṃcabhirni- rmite dehe paṃcatvaṃ ca punargate. svāṃ svāṃ yo- nimanuprāpte tatra kā paridevanā..; Ratn. 3. 3.

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