प्रपञ्च

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

প্ৰপঞ্চ (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬧᬜ᭄ᬘ (Balinese script)
প্রপঞ্চ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰗𑰿𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘 (Brahmi script)
ပြပဉ္စ (Burmese script)
પ્રપઞ્ચ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਪਞ੍ਚ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦥꦚ꧀ꦕ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂖𑂹𑂒 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಪಞ್ಚ (Kannada script)
ប្របញ្ច (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣປຎ຺ຈ (Lao script)
പ്രപഞ്ച (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠᢒᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘗𑘿𑘓 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᢒᠠᡛᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧂𑦷𑧠𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐘𑑂𑐔 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରପଞ୍ଚ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢦꢛ꣄ꢗ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆚𑇀𑆖 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖗𑖿𑖓 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රපඤ්‍ච (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩰𑩥 𑪙𑩡 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚓𑚶𑚏 (Takri script)
ப்ரபஞ்ச (Tamil script)
ప్రపఞ్చ (Telugu script)
ปฺรปญฺจ (Thai script)
པྲ་པ་ཉྩ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒘𑓂𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨞𑨓𑩇𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.pɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.pɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ/

Noun

प्रपञ्च • (prapañca) stem, m

expansion, development, manifestation
manifoldness, diversity
amplification, prolixity, diffuseness, copiousness (in style)
manifestation of or form of
appearance, phenomenon
(philosophy) the expansion of the universe, the visible world
(rhetoric) mutual false praise
(drama) ludicrous dialogue
(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)
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)
vocative	प्रपञ्च (prapañca)	प्रपञ्चौ (prapañcau) प्रपञ्चा¹ (prapañcā¹)	प्रपञ्चाः (prapañcāḥ) प्रपञ्चासः¹ (prapañcāsaḥ¹)

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]‎^[1] (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]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 187; 364