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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

पञ्चताpañcatāत्वम् [tvam], त्वम् 1 Five-fold state.
1. त्वम् tvam, त्वम् 1 Five-fold state.
2. A collection of five.
3. The five elements taken collectively.
4. the body; त्रित्वे हुत्वाथ पञ्चत्वं तच्चैकत्वेऽजुहोन्मुनिः Bhāg.1.15.42.
5. Death, dissolution;
Derived forms and compounds
- -पञ्चतां, -त्वम् गम्, -या etc. means 'to be resolved into the five elements of which the body consists', 'to die or perish';
- -पञ्चतां, -त्वं नी 'to kill or destroy'; पञ्चभिर्निर्मिते देहे पञ्चत्वं च पुनर्गते । स्वां स्वां योनिमनु- प्राप्ते तत्र का परिवेदना ॥ Ratn.3.3; शब्दादिभिः पञ्चभिरेव पञ्च पञ्चत्वमापुः स्वगुणेन बद्धाः Vivekachūdāmaṇi.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

पञ्चताpañcatāf. five foldness, fivefold state or amount Mn. viii, 151
1. feminine five foldness, fivefold state or amount Mn. viii, 151
2. feminine an aggregate or a collection of 5 things (especially) the 5 elements, viz. earth, air, fire, water and अकाश ether, and dissolution into them id est death (-ताम् with √गम्, या etc., to die, with उप-√नी, to kill) Ka1v. Sus3r. Pur.
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पञ्चतारpañcatāramfn. five-starred MW.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective five-starred MW.

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