पञ्चम _pañcama

पञ्चम a. (

-भी f.) The fifth.

-2 Forming a fifth part.

-3 Dexterous, clever.

-4 Beautiful, brilliant.

-मः 1 The fifth (or in later times the seventh) note of the Indian gamut; it is said to be produced by the cuckoo (कोकिलो रौति पञ्चमम् Nārada), and is so called because it is produced from 5 parts of the body:-- वायुः समुद्गतो नाभेरुरोहृत्कण्ठमूर्धसु । विचरन् पञ्चमस्थानप्राप्त्या पञ्चम उच्यते ॥.

-2 N. of a Rāga or musical mode (sung in the above note); व्यथयति वृथा मौनं तन्वि प्रपञ्चय पञ्चमम् Gīt.1; so उदञ्चितपञ्चमरागम् Gīt.1.

-3 The fifth consonant of a class; i. e. a nasal.

-मम् 1 A fifth.

-2 Sexual inter- course (मैथुन), the fifth मकार of the Tāntrikas.

-मम् ind. For the fifth time, fifthly; Ms.8.125.

-मी 1 The fifth day of a lunar fortnight.

-2 The ablative case (in gram.).

-3 An epithet of Draupadī.

-4 A chequered board for playing at draughts.

-Comp. -आस्यः the cuckoo.

-स्वरम् N. of a metre; P. R.