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पाखण्ड

   { pākhaṇḍḥ, pākhaṇḍa }
Script: Devanagari

पाखण्ड

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
PĀKHAṆḌA   An ancient place of habitation in Dakṣiṇa Bhārata. Sahadeva one of the Pāṇḍavas sent his messengers and subdued the country. [Śloka 70, Chapter 31 Sabhā Parva] .

पाखण्ड

हिन्दी (hindi) WN | Hindi  Hindi |   | 
   See : पाखंड, पाखंड

पाखण्ड

नेपाली (Nepali) WN | Nepali  Nepali |   | 
   See : स्वाङ

पाखण्ड

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
पाखण्ड  m. m. = (and prob. only w.r. for) पाषण्ड, q.v.

पाखण्ड

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
पाखण्डः [pākhaṇḍḥ]   1 A heretic; पाखण्डचण्डालयोः पापारम्भकयोर्मृगीव वृकयोर्भीरुर्गता गोचरम् [Māl.5.24;] दुरात्मन् पाखण्डचण्डाल [Māl.5;] पाखण्डाः पण्डितंमन्या न ते किमपि जानते Amana. Up.2.12.
   The Jainas or Bauddhas; अस्वधर्मो ममैष पाखण्डावतारः [Dk.2.]

पाखण्ड

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
पाखण्ड  m.  (-ण्डः) A heretic, a heterodox Hindu, adopting the exterior marks of the classes, but not respecting the ordinances of the Vedas.
   E. पा for पाल what nourishes, (mankind, as virtue may be said to do,) and खडि to subvert or destroy, aff. अण्; also पाषण्ड.
ROOTS:
पा पाल खडि अण्; पाषण्ड

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