# पञ्चीकरण (pañcīkaraṇa)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/panchikarana

पञ्चीकरण (pañcīkaraṇa) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of several works, reduction to five, combination with the five subtle elements.

- **Root:** 1. कृ (1. kṛ)
- **SLP1:** `paYcIkaraRa`  **IAST:** pañcīkaraṇa  **Devanagari:** पञ्चीकरण
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchikarana
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/panchikarana/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- making into five or causing anything to contain all the five elements  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 578,3] पञ्ची (pañcī) — करण (—karaṇa) n. (√ 1. कृ (kṛ) ) making into 5, causing anything to contain all the 5 elements, Vedāntasāra (Title) [ ID=114223 ]
- Name of several works  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of sev. works. [ ID=114224 ]
- 1. Reduction to five. 2. Combination with the five subtle elements.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पञ्चीकरण (pañcīkaraṇa) [Printed book page 150-1 ] पञ्चीकरण (pañcīkaraṇa) pañcī-karaṇa, n. reduction to five, combination with the five subtle elements. [ ID=11011 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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