Where does “पञ्चशील” come from?
पञ्चशील (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit पञ्च, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pánća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
पञ्चशील (Sanskrit): the Five Precepts of Buddhism
Definitions
- the Five Precepts of Buddhism
Ancestry of “पञ्चशील”, step by step
पञ्चशील traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit पञ्च
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | पञ्च | combining form of पञ्चन्; five |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pánća | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pánča | five |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
via Sanskrit शील
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | शील | conduct, disposition, nature, tendency; custom,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | शी | to lie down |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
Words derived from “पञ्चशील”