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Pañca Pañca

hassāni dāpesi), and paṇṇarasa (also as f. ī of the 15th or full meant to denote a "goodly company, 500 or more") Arahants
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— moon day Pv iii.3 ; DhA i.198; iii.92; iv.202; VvA 314; KhA 98; Bhikkhus very frequent, e. g. D i.1; Vin ii.199;
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SnA 78) Sn 153 (pannaraso uposatho); Vv 64 (paṇṇarase va J i.116, 227; DhA ii.109, 153; iii.262, 295; iv.184, 186; Sā-
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cando; expl as paṇṇarasiyaṁ VvA 276); DhA i.388 (of age, vakas J i.95; Upāsakas J ii.95; PvA 151; Paccekabuddhas DhA
15 or 16 years); DA i.17 (°bhedo Khuddaka — nikāyo); SnA iv.201; PvA 76; Vighāsâdā J ii.95; DhA ii.154; Sons PvA 75;
357 (pannarasahi bhikkhu — satehi=1500, instead of the usual Thieves DhA ii.204; PvA 54; Relatives PvA 179; Women —
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500); PvA 154 (°yojana). The appl is much the same as 5 and servants (parivārikā itthiyo) Pv ii.12 ; VvA 69, 78, 187; PvA
50 (see below), although more rare, e. g. as measure of space: 152; Oxen A iv.41; Monkeys J iii.355; Horses Vin iii.6. —
°yojana DhA i.17 (next in sequence to paṇṇāsa — yojana); Money etc. as present, reward or fine representing a "round —
J i.315; PvA 154 (cp. 15 furlongs from Jerusalem to Bethany sum" (cp. Nibelungen 314: horses with gold, 317: mark; dol-
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John 11, 18; 15 cubits above the mountains rose the flood Gen. lars as reward Grimm No. 7; drachms as pay Hor. Sat. ii.7 )
7. 20). kahāpaṇas Sn 980, 982; PvA 273; blows with stick as fine Vin
C. No. 25 in two forms: pañcavīsati (the usual) e. g. i.247. — Various: a caravan usually consists of 500 loaded
DhsA 185 sq.; Miln 289 (citta — dubbalī — karaṇā dhammā); wagons, e. g. J i.101; DhA ii.79; PvA 100, 112; chariots VvA
paṇṇa-vīsati, e. g. J iv.352 (nāriyo); Th 2, 67, and paṇṇu- 78; ploughs Sn p. 13. Cp. S i.148 (vyagghī — nisā); Vin ii.285
vīsaṁ (only at J iii.138). Similarly to 15 and 25 the num- (ūna — pañcasatāni); J ii.93 (accharā); v.75 (vāṇijā); DhA i.89
ber 45 (pañca-cattāḷīsa) is favoured in giving distances with (suvaṇṇasivikā), 352 (rāja — satāni); iv.182 (jāti°) KhA 176
°yojana, e. g. at J i.147, 348; DhA i.367. — Application: of (paritta — dīpā). Also BSk. pañ'opasthāyikā — śatāni Divy
25: (1) time: years J iii.138; DhA i.4; (2) space: miles high and 529; pañca — mātrāṇi strī — śatāni Divy 533. — Note. When
wide DhA ii.64 (ahipeto); VvA 236 (yojanāni pharitvā pabhā). Gotama said that his "religion" would last 500 years he meant
2. Remarks on the use of 50 and 500 (5000). Both 50 and that it would last a very long time, practically for ever. The
500 are found in stereotyped and always recurring combina- later change of 500 to 5,000 is immaterial to the meaning of
tions (not in Buddhist literature alone, but all over the Ancient the expression, it only indicates a later period (cp. 5,000 in
World), and applied to any situation indiscriminately. They Nibelungeniled for 500, also 5,000 men in ambush Joshua 8.
have thus lost their original numerical significance and their 12; converted by Peter Acts 4. 4; fed by Christ with 5 loaves
value equals an expression like our "thousands," cp. the use Matthew 14. 21). Still more impressive than 500 is the expres-
of Lat. mille and 600, also similarly many other high numer- sion 5 Koṭis (5 times 100,000 or 10 million), which belongs to
als in Pāli literature, as mentioned under respective units (4, a comparatively later period, e. g. at DhA i.62 (ariya — sā-
6, 8 e. g. in 14, 16, 18, etc.). Psychologically 500 is to be vaka — koṭiyo), 256 (°mattā — ariyasāvakā); iv.190 (p. koti
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expl as "a great hand," i. e. the 5 fingers magnified to the 2 nd — mattā ariya — sāvakā).
decade, and is equivalent to an expression like "a lot" (origi- 3. Typical sets of 5 in the Pali Canon. °aggaṁ first fruits
nally "only one," cp. casting the lot, then the one as a mass or of 5 (kinds), viz. khett°, rās°, koṭṭh°, kumbhi°, bhojan° i. e. of
collection), or like heaps, tons, a great many, etc. — Thus 50 the standing crop, the threshing floor, the granary, the pottery,
(and 500) as the numbers of "comm — union" are especially the larder SnA 270. °angā 5 gentlemanly qualities (of king
freq. in recording a company of men, a host of servants, an- or brahmin): sujāta, ajjhāyaka, abhirūpa, sīlavā, paṇḍita (see
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imals in a herd, etc., wherever the single constituents form a anga; on another comb with anga see below). The phrase
larger (mostly impressive, important) whole, as an army, the pañc' angasamannāgata & °vippahīna (S i.99; A v.16) refers
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king's retinue, etc. — A. No. 50 (paññāsa; the by — form to the 5 nīvaraṇāni: see expl at Vism 146. °angikaturiya
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paṇṇāsa only at DhA iii.207), in foll. appl : (a) of time: 5 kinds of music: ātata, vitata, ātata — vitata, ghana, susira.
does not occur, but see below under 55. — (b) of space (cp. °abhiññā 5 psychic powers (see Cpd. 209). °ānantarika-
50 cubits the breadth of Noah's ark Gen. 6. 15; the height kammāni 5 acts that have immediate retribution (Miln 25), ei-
of the gallows (Esther 5. 14; 7. 9) J i.359 (yojanāni); DhA ther 5 of the 6 abhiṭhānas (q. v.) or (usually) murder, theft, im-
iii.207 (°hattho ubbedhena rukkho); Vism 417 (paripuṇṇa °yo- purity, lying, intemperance (the 5 sīlas) cp. Dhs trsl. 267. °in-
jana suriyamaṇḍala); DhA i.17 (°yojana). — (c) of a company driyāni 5 faculties, viz. saddhā, viriya, sati, samādhi, paññā
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or group (cp. 50 horses RV ii.18 ; v.18 ; wives viii.19 ; men (see indriya B. 15 — 19). °vidhaṁ (rāja — ) kakudhab-
at the oars Hom. Il. 2. 719; 16. 170, servants Hom. Od. haṇḍaṁ, insignia regis viz. vāḷavījanī, uṇhīsa, khagga, chatta,
7, 103, 22, 421) J iii.220 (corā); v.161 (pallankā), 421 (di- pādukā. °kalyāṇāni, beauty — marks: kesa°, maṁsa°, aṭṭhi°,
jakaññāyo); Sn p. 87; SnA 57 (bhikkhū). — Note. 55 (pañca- chavi°, vaya°. °kāmaguṇā pleasures of the 5 senses (=tag-
paññāsa) is used instead of 50 in time expressions (years), e. gocarāni pañc' āyatanāni gahitāni honti SnA 211). °gorasā
g. at DhA i.125; ii.57; PvA 99, 142; also in groups: DhA i.99 5 products of the cow: khīra, dadhi, takka, navanīta, sappi.
(janā). — B. No. 500 (pañcasata°, pañcasatā, pañcasatāni). °cakkhūni, sorts of vision (of a Buddha): maṁsa° dibba°
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— (a) of time: years (as Peta or Petī) Vv 84 ; Pv ii.1 ; PvA paññā° buddha° samanta°. °taṇhā cravings, specified in 4 sets
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152 (with additional 50). (b) of space: miles high Pv iv.3 ; of 5 each: see Nd 271 . °nikāyā 5 collections (of Suttan-
J i.204 (°yojana — satikā); Vism 72 (°dhanu — satika, 500 tas) in the Buddh. Canon, viz. Dīgha° Majjhima° Saṁyutta°,
bows in distance). — (C) of groups of men, servants, or a Anguttara° Khuddaka°, e. g. Vin ii.287. °nīvaraṇāni or ob-
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herd, etc. (cp. 500 horses RV x.93 ; witnesses of the ris- stacles: kāmacchanda, abhijjhā — vyāpāda, thīnamiddha, ud-
ing of Christ 1 Cor. 15 — 6; men armed Vergil Aen. 10. dhacca — kukkucca, vicikicchā. °patiṭṭhitaṁ 5 fold prostra-
204; men as representatives Hom. Od. 3. 7; 500 knights or tion or veneration, viz. with forehead, waist, elbows, knees,
warriors very frequently in Nibelungenlied, where it is only feet (Childers) in phrase °ena vandati (sometimes °ṁ van-
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