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पञ्चतत्व (paJcatatva)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
पञ्चतत्व mn. (-त्वः-त्वं)
1. The five elements collectively.
2. (In the Tan-
tras, ) The five essentials of certain rites
or wine meat, fish,
sexual intercourse, and mystic gesticulations.
E.
पञ्च, and तत्व
an element.
Yates
English
पञ्च-तत्व (त्वं) 1.
n.
Five elements.
Wilson
English
पञ्चतत्व
n.
(-त्वं)
1 The five elements collectively.
2 (In the Tantras, ) The five essentials of certain rites
or wine, meat,
fish, sexual intercourse, and mystic gesticulations.
E.
पञ्च, and तत्व an element.
L R Vaidya
English
paMcan-tatva {% m.n. %} 1. the five elements collectively (viz., पृथ्वी, अप्, तेजस्, वायु and आकाश)
2. the five essentials of the Tāntrikas, otherwise called the five makāras, viz., मद्य, मांस, मत्स्य, मुद्रा and मैथुन) (in the Tantras).