प्रपञ्च

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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) stem, m

  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 (prapañca)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रपञ्चः
prapañcaḥ
प्रपञ्चौ / प्रपञ्चा¹
prapañcau / prapañcā¹
प्रपञ्चाः / प्रपञ्चासः¹
prapañcāḥ / prapañcāsaḥ¹
Vocative प्रपञ्च
prapañca
प्रपञ्चौ / प्रपञ्चा¹
prapañcau / prapañcā¹
प्रपञ्चाः / प्रपञ्चासः¹
prapañcāḥ / prapañcāsaḥ¹
Accusative प्रपञ्चम्
prapañcam
प्रपञ्चौ / प्रपञ्चा¹
prapañcau / prapañcā¹
प्रपञ्चान्
prapañcān
Instrumental प्रपञ्चेन
prapañcena
प्रपञ्चाभ्याम्
prapañcābhyām
प्रपञ्चैः / प्रपञ्चेभिः¹
prapañcaiḥ / 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
Notes
  • 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
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