Pancamahabhuta, 笔补帽肠补尘补丑腻产丑奴迟补, Panca-mahabhuta, Pamca-mahabhuta, Pamcamahabhuta: 7 definitions
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Pancamahabhuta means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
: Hand book of domestic medicine: Basic principles of 膧yurvedaFrom the Indian philosophical point of view all the matters of the universe are made up of 5 elements, collectively known as Pa帽ca Mah膩bh奴ta (five basic elements). These are 膧办腻艣补, 痴腻测耻, Tejas, Jala and 笔峁泃丑惫墨.
Each of these can be perceived by its distinctive quality viz.
- 膧办腻艣补 by Sabda (sound),
- 痴腻测耻 by 厂辫补谤艣补 (touch),
- Agni by 搁奴辫补 (colour),
- Jala by Rasa (taste)
- and 笔峁泃丑惫墨 by Gandha (odour).
Pa峁僣amah膩bh奴ta (啶啶氞ぎ啶灌ぞ啶啶�):鈥擳he Five Great Elements: Aakasa, Vaayu, Teja, Jala and Prithvi. Ayurvedic doctrine states that all the matter in the universe is composed of these Five. The variety is because of the variation in the combining proportions.
: National Mission for Manuscripts: Traditional Medicine System in India笔补帽肠补尘补丑腻产丑奴迟补 (啶啷嵿啶す啶距き啷傕い) refers to the give elements of which the universe is based on.鈥擫ife can be defined as the combination of 艣补谤墨谤补 (body), indriya (sense organs), sattva (manas) and 膧tman (soul). The universe is based on the 辫补帽肠补尘补丑腻产丑奴迟补蝉, viz. 腻办腻艣补, (space), 辫峁泃丑惫墨 (earth), 惫腻测耻 (air), jala (water) and agni (fire). The Ayurvedic system says that the body is also 辫补帽肠补产丑补耻迟颈办补 and the medicines i.e. plants and animals are also 辫补帽肠补产丑补耻迟颈办补. So the 辫补帽肠补产丑补耻迟颈办补-艣补谤墨谤补 can be treated with 辫补帽肠补产丑补耻迟颈办补 drug.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: ISKCON Press: Glossary笔补帽肠补尘补丑腻产丑奴迟补 (啶啷嵿啶す啶距き啷傕い).鈥擳he five gross elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether.
: Pure Bhakti: Brahma-samhita笔补帽肠补尘补丑腻产丑奴迟补 (啶啷嵿啶す啶距き啷傕い) refers to鈥擣ive gross elements.
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha笔补帽肠补尘补丑腻产丑奴迟补 (啶啷嵿啶す啶距き啷傕い) or simply Mah膩bh奴ta refers to the 鈥渇ive great elements鈥� as defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 39):
- 辫峁泃丑惫墨 (earth),
- 腻辫补蝉 (water),
- tejas (fire),
- 惫腻测耻 (wind),
- 腻办腻艣补 (space).
The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., 辫补帽肠补-尘补丑腻产丑奴迟补). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPa峁僣amah膩bh奴ta (嗖矀嗖氞伯嗖灌簿嗖硞嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖矀嗖氞箔喑傕菠 [pamcabhuta].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mahabhuta, Maha, Bhuta, Panca.
Starts with: Pancamahabhutamaya.
Full-text: Pancamahabhutamaya, Purusha, Mahabhuta, Pancabhautika, Five Great Elements, Kshetra, Dosha, Pancashakti, Shaktipancaka, Kaustubha, Sharira, Kaustubhamani, Tridosha, Pashupata.
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