# पञ्चमुख (pañcamukha)

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पञ्चमुख (pañcamukha) is a Sanskrit word meaning 5-faced or 5-headed, an epithet of Shiva, a lion, an arrow with five points, gendarussa vulgaris, a name of Shiva. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them A name of Śiva, A name of Śiva or a lion, Having five faces/heads/points (attribute).

- **Etymology:** E. पञ्च five, and मुख face — E. pañca five, and mukha face
- **SLP1:** `paYcamuKa`  **IAST:** pañcamukha  **Devanagari:** पञ्चमुख
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchamukha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/panchamukha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पंचमुख (paṃcamukha)

## Meanings by context

### A name of Śiva (2 definitions)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > पञ्च (pañca) — मुख (—mukha) m. N. of Śiva, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=113815 ]
- A name of Shiva  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पञ्चमुख (pañcamukha) [Printed book page 440-b ] पञ्च - मुख (pañca-mukha) ( खः ) ((khaḥ)) 1. m. A name of Shiva. [ ID=22341 ]

### A name of Śiva or a lion (2 definitions)
- 1. A name of Shiva. 2. A lion.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पञ्च (pañca) मुख (mukha) (pañcamukha) [Printed book page 493 ] पञ्च (pañca) मुख (mukha) (pañcamukha) m. ( - खः (-khaḥ) ) 1 A name of ŚIVA. 2 A lion. E. पञ्च (pañca) five, and मुख (mukha) face. [ ID=22872 ]
- 1. A name of Shiva. 2. A lion.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पञ्च (pañca) मुख (mukha) (pañcamukha) [Printed book page 413-a ] पञ्च (pañca) मुख (mukha) (pañcamukha) m. ( - खः (-khaḥ) ) 1. A name of SĪVA. 2. A lion. E. पञ्च (pañca) five, and मुख (mukha) face. [ ID=22858 ]

### Having five faces/heads/points (attribute) (2 definitions)
- 5-faced or 5-headed  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 577,1] पञ्च (pañca) — मुख (—mukha) mf( ई (ī) )n. 5-faced or 5-headed (also applied to Prajā-pati), Kauṣītaki-upaniṣad (Title) [ ID=113814 ]
- having five faces or points  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पञ्चमुख (pañcamukha) [Printed book page 289 ] पञ्चमुख (pañcamukha) a. having five faces or points. [ ID=17579 ]

### A five-pointed arrow (1 definition)
- an arrow with five points  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an arrow with 5 points, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=113817 ]

### A lion (1 definition)
- a lion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a lion, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=113816 ]

### A name of Brahmā (1 definition)
- a name of Brahma  
  *The Purana Index*
  > पञ्चमुख (pañcamukha) [Printed book page 2-274 ] Pañcamukha — a name of Brahmā: for saying that, he saw the beginning of an effulgence of light in the form of a sthambha, which Mahesvara assumed; for not seeing it, Siva — Bhairava removed one of Brahmā's faces; hence Caturmukha from that day onwards. Br. IV. 40. 48, 56. [ ID=7438 ]

### The plant Gendarussa Vulgaris (Pañcamukhī) (1 definition)
- Gendarussa vulgaris  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 577,1] पञ्च (pañca) — मुखी (—mukhī) f. Gendarussa Vulgaris, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=113818 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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