Pancacamara, Panca-camara, ʲñ峾, Pancan-camara: 8 definitions
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Pancacamara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Panchachamara.
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstraʲñ峾 (पञ्चचामर) refers to a type of temple (岹) classified, according to ṅgṇaūٰ chapter 57. The temple is mentioned as one of the twenty temples being a favorite of Viṣṇu. The ṅgṇaūٰ is an 11th-century encyclopedia dealing with various topics from the Vāstuśāstra.

Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्�, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureʲñ峾 (पञ्चचामर) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by ñṇḍ (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. ñṇḍ was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., ʲñ峾) in 20 verses.

Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryʲñ峾 (पञ्चचामर).—Name of 2 kinds of metre; प्रमाणिकापदद्वयं वदन्ति पञ्चचामरम् (pramāṇikāpadadvaya� vadanti 貹ñ峾) ṛtٲٲ첹.
Derivable forms: 貹ñ峾 (पञ्चचामरम्).
ʲñ峾 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 貹ñ and 峾 (चामर).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʲñ峾 (पञ्चचामर).—n.
(-�) A form of metre, in which the line contains sixteen syllables.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorumʲñ峾 (पञ्चचामर) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—bhakti. . 30.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʲñ峾 (पञ्चचामर):—[=貹ñ-峾] [from 貹ñ] n. Name of 2 kinds of metre, [Colebrooke]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Camara, Panca.
Starts with: Pancacamarastotra.
Full-text: Pancacamarastotra, Carana, Atidhriti.
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Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 6 - Group B: Later Lāṭa Style < [Volume 5 - Temple Architecture]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 308 < [Volume 19 (1915)]
Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chapter 15.4 - Introduction to Stotra-Kavyas < [Section 4 - Classical Sanskrit literature]
Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 1 - Use of Chandas (metres) in the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 2 - Literary aspect of the Matsyapurāṇa]
Discovery of Sanskrit Treasures (seven volumes) (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
5. The Kumarasambhava-campu—A Study < [Volume 4 - Modern Sanskrit Literature]
Metres of Classical Poetry in the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 11, Part 1 (1969)]