पञ्चमकार

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पञ्च—म-कार  n.  n. the 5 essentials of the left-hand तन्त्र ritual (the words for which begin with the letter म्, viz. मद्य, wine; मांस, meat; मत्स्य, fish; मुद्रा, intertwining of the fingers; and मैथुन, sexual union), [W.] ( cf. -तत्त्व and, [RTL. 192]).

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पञ्च म कार

Shabda-Sagara

पञ्चमकार  n.  ( -रं) The five essentials of the left hand Tantra ritual; “Madya” wine, “Maṃsa” flesh, “Matsya” fish, “Maithuna” copu- lation, “Mudra” gesticulation.
E. पञ्च, and मकार the letter M; all beginning with that letter.

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पञ्च मकार