प्रपञ्च

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

प्र- (pra-, pro-) +‎ पञ्च (pañca, five), literally "forwards five". The original meaning was probably "counting (with) the five (fingers of the hand)", which are used as symbolic of presenting and explaining or expanding something in detail; compare Ancient Greek πεμπάζειν (pempázein, to count (on five fingers)), Breton pempât (to fold sheaves together).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रपञ्च (prapañca) stemm

  1. expansion, development, manifestation
  2. manifoldness, diversity
  3. amplification, prolixity, diffuseness, copiousness (in style)
  4. manifestation of or form of
  5. appearance, phenomenon
  6. (philosophy) the expansion of the universe, the visible world
  7. (rhetoric) mutual false praise
  8. (drama) ludicrous dialogue
  9. (grammar) the repetition of an obscure rule in a clearer form

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रपञ्च
singular dual plural
nominative प्रपञ्चः (prapañcaḥ) प्रपञ्चौ (prapañcau)
प्रपञ्चा¹ (prapañcā¹)
प्रपञ्चाः (prapañcāḥ)
प्रपञ्चासः¹ (prapañcāsaḥ¹)
vocative प्रपञ्च (prapañca) प्रपञ्चौ (prapañcau)
प्रपञ्चा¹ (prapañcā¹)
प्रपञ्चाः (prapañcāḥ)
प्रपञ्चासः¹ (prapañcāsaḥ¹)
accusative प्रपञ्चम् (prapañcam) प्रपञ्चौ (prapañcau)
प्रपञ्चा¹ (prapañcā¹)
प्रपञ्चान् (prapañcān)
instrumental प्रपञ्चेन (prapañcena) प्रपञ्चाभ्याम् (prapañcābhyām) प्रपञ्चैः (prapañcaiḥ)
प्रपञ्चेभिः¹ (prapañcebhiḥ¹)
dative प्रपञ्चाय (prapañcāya) प्रपञ्चाभ्याम् (prapañcābhyām) प्रपञ्चेभ्यः (prapañcebhyaḥ)
ablative प्रपञ्चात् (prapañcāt) प्रपञ्चाभ्याम् (prapañcābhyām) प्रपञ्चेभ्यः (prapañcebhyaḥ)
genitive प्रपञ्चस्य (prapañcasya) प्रपञ्चयोः (prapañcayoḥ) प्रपञ्चानाम् (prapañcānām)
locative प्रपञ्चे (prapañce) प्रपञ्चयोः (prapañcayoḥ) प्रपञ्चेषु (prapañceṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “प्रपञ्च”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 681/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 65-6; 180
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 187; 364