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pañcajanā

pañcajana m. ( pl. ) the 5 classes of beings ( viz. gods, men, Gandharva s and Apsaras , serpents, and Pitṛ s), TS. ; ŚBr. &c. man, mankind, Hcar. ( ˚ne ndra m. prince, king, Rājat. )

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  • Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. pañcajana

pañcajana m. ( pl. ) the 5 classes of beings ( viz. gods, men, Gandharva s and Apsaras , serpents, and Pitṛ s), TS. ; ŚBr. &c. man, mankind, Hcar. ( ˚ne ndra m. prince, king, Rājat. )

2. pañcajana

N. of a demon slain by Kṛṣṇa , MBh. ; R. &c. ( cf. pāñcajanya)

3. pañcajana

of a son of Sṛñjaya and father of Soma-datta , ib.

In the wild

Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.