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पंचम (paMcama)

 
Apte 1890
English
पंचम a. (मी f.) 1 The fifth.
2 Forming a fifth part.
3 Dexterous, clever,
4 Beautiful, brilliant.
मः 1 The fifth (or in later times the seventh) note of the Indian gamut
it is said to be produced by the cuckoo (कोकिलो रौति पंचमं Nārada), and is so called because it is produced from {5} parts of the body:
वायुः समुद्गतो नाभेरुरोहृत्कंठमूर्धसु । विचरन् पंचमस्थानप्राप्त्या पंचम उच्यते ॥.
2 N. of a Rāga or musical mode (sung in the above note)
व्यथयति वृथा मौनं तन्वि प्रपंचय पंचमं Gīt. 10
so उदंचितपंचमरागं Gīt. 1.
3 The fifth consonant of a class
i. e. a nasal.
मं 1 A fifth
2 Sexual intercourse (मैथुन), the fifth मकार of the Tāntrikas.
मं ind. For the fifth time, fifthly.
मी 1 The fifth day of a lunar fortnight.
2 The ablative case (in gram.).
3 An epithet of Draupadī.
4 A chequered board for playing at draughts.
Comp.
आस्यः the cuckoo.
L R Vaidya
English
paMcama {% (I) a. (f. मी) %} 1. The fifth
2. dexterous, clever
3. beautiful, brilliant.
paMcama {% (II) m. %} 1. The fifth note of the Hindu musical scale
(the Indian cuckoo is supposed to utter this note in cooing)
2. the name of a rāga or musical mode, गोपवधूरनुगायति काचिदुदंचितपंचमरागम् Git.G.i.
paMcama {% (III) n. %} 1. A fifth
2. sexual intercourse.