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Pali
Alternative forms
Numeral
पञ्च (pañca)
- Devanagari script form of pañca
c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar], page 3; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:तत्थ अट्ठसु सरेसु रस्सेहि अञ्ञे पञ्च सरा दीघा नाम होन्ति।- Tattha aṭṭhasu saresu rassehi aññe pañca sarā dīghā nāma honti.
- There, in the eight vowels and apart from the short ones, the other five vowels are indeed long.
Declension
Declension table of "पञ्च"
| Case \ Number | Plural |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | पञ्च (pañca) |
| Accusative (second) | पञ्च (pañca) |
| Instrumental (third) | पञ्चहि (pañcahi) |
| Dative (fourth) | पञ्चन्नं (pañcannaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | पञ्चहि (pañcahi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | पञ्चन्नं (pañcannaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | पञ्चसु (pañcasu) |
Sanskrit
Numeral
पञ्च • (pañca)
- Combining form of पञ्चन् (pañcan)