The corpus record — Sanskrit

paṅguḥ

Adj

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Where it lives

Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. ةَنغُ-

pangu- Adj. lahm (AVParis, Yäjfı +; Pän 4,1,68 If. ’gü-). - M ni., pä. parigu-, pargula- lahm, u.a. (Tu 7647 {mit Verweisen, s.u.). - Unklar. Nach Tu, 2.3.0. (mit Lit.) weisen Nebenformen wie *penga "pengula- ("ura-), ‘pingula-, "phengu- u.a. auf nicht-idg. Ursprung . Unglaubhafte idg. Anschlüsse referiert KEWA II 185; s. auch Joki 300 PAU kochen, braten (RV [picanti, apacat, apacanta u.a] + Päcyate wird reif, RV … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. pangu-, p. 94]

2. paṅgu

paṅgu mf(vī, or ū)n. ( fr. √ paj ?; cf. Uṇ. i, 37 , Sch. ) lame, halt, crippled in the legs, AVPar. ; Yājñ. ; MBh. &c.

3. paṅgu

N. of those elements of the body which are themselves without motion (but are moved by the wind), Bhpr.

In the wild

paṅguḥ Chandogya Upanisad chup_2,20.1

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. pangu (vol. 2, scan p. 94; entry #1158).

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