paYcaka · neuter
pentad
pañcaka , adj. (as in Skt. and Pali in this mg. ), consisting of five, forming a group of five ; regularly of the bhadravargīya (or the like, q.v. ) monks; pañcakā bhadra° [Page315-a] LV 245.16 ; 246.2 ; 404.7 , etc. ; Mv ii.241.2 ; iii.322.20 ; 415.7 , et alibi ; without the word bhadra° but certainly or probably referring to them, as bhikṣavaḥ Jm 51.19 ; Suv 239.10 ; SP 56.10 ; pañcakehi (by em. ) saha tehi munīhi (same group) Mv i.72.10 .
a pentad; a group of five
Pañcaka (adjective) [from pañca] fivefold, consisting of five Ja I 116 (°kammaṭṭhāna); Dhs. chapters 167-175 (°naya fivefold system of jhāna, cf. BMPE 47); Pj II 318 (°nipāta of Aṅguttara). — neuter pañcakaṃ a pentad, five Vin I 255 (the 5 parts of the kaṭhina robe, see Vinaya Texts II 155), cf. page 287; plural pañcakā sets of five {351} Vism 242. The 32 ākāras or constituents of the human body are divided into 4 pañcaka's (i.e. sets of 5 more closely related parts), viz. taca° "skin-pentad," the 5 dermatoid constituents: kesā, lomā, nakhā, dantā, taco; vakka° the next five, ending with the kidneys; papphāsa° the same ending with the lungs and comprising the inner organs proper; matthaluṅga- the same ending with the brain, and 2 chakka's (sets of 6), viz. meda° and mutta°. See e.g. Vibh-a 249, 258.
【中】 五個一組，五品。
(nt, nt, from pañca) pentad; group of five pentad, group of five Construction: pañca + ka