paṅkti पङ्क्ति f. (also °ktī mc. and in comp.) (fr. pañcan) a row or set or collection of five, the number 5 [AV.]; [Br.] &c. a sort of fivefold metre consisting of 5 Pādas of 8 syllables each, [ib.] any stanza of 4 × 10 syllables, [Col.] (= chandas, [L.]) the number 10 [Hcat.] (cf. -grīva &c. below) any row or set or series or number, a group, collection, flock, troop, assembly, company (e.g. of persons eating together or belonging to the same caste), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. the earth, [L.] w.r. for pakti, q.v. paṅktikā पङ्क्तिका f. the number ten, a decade, [Hcat.] a row, line (in akṣara-p°), [Bhartṛ.] paṅktiśas पङ्क्तिशस् paṅkti—śas ind. by rows or numbers, [Śiś. xiv, 33.] paṅktibīja पङ्क्तिबीज paṅkti—bīja m. Acacia Arabica, [L.] paṅkticara पङ्क्तिचर paṅkti—cara m. ‘going in lines’, an osprey, [L.] paṅktidūṣa पङ्क्तिदूष paṅkti—dūṣa ([MBh.]) mfn. ‘defiling society’, (any person) improper to associate with. paṅktidoṣa पङ्क्तिदोष paṅkti—doṣa m. ‘society-bane’, anything which defiles a social circle, [MBh.] paṅktikaṭa पङ्क्तिकट paṅkti—kaṭa m. a species of grass, [ĀpGṛ.], Sch. paṅktimālā पङ्क्तिमाला paṅkti—mālā f. a species of plant, [Gal.] paṅktiratha पङ्क्तिरथ paṅkti—ratha m. ‘having 10 chariots’, N. of Daśaratha (Rāma's father), [Ragh.]; [Pur.] paṅktigrīva पङ्क्तिग्रीव paṅkti—grīva m. ‘ten-necked’, N. of Rāvaṇa, [L.] paṅktikanda पङ्क्तिकन्द paṅkti—kanda m. a partic. bulbous plant, [L.] paṅktikrama पङ्क्तिक्रम paṅkti—krama m. order, succession, [Hit.] paṅktirādhas पङ्क्तिराधस् paṅktí—rādhas (°ktí-), mfn. containing fivefold (or numbers of) gifts, [RV.] paṅktidūṣaṇa पङ्क्तिदूषण paṅkti—dū°ṣaṇa ([Āpast.]) mfn. ‘defiling society’, (any person) improper to associate with. paṅktidūṣaka पङ्क्तिदूषक paṅkti—dū°ṣaka ([Var.]) mfn. ‘defiling society’, (any person) improper to associate with. paṅktipāvana पङ्क्तिपावन paṅkti—pāvana mfn. purifying society, respectable (opp. to dūṣa), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. paṅktikaṇṭaka पङ्क्तिकण्टक paṅkti—kaṇṭaka m. a white-flowering Achyranthes, [L.] paṅktipāvanapāvana पङ्क्तिपावनपावन paṅkti—pāvana—pāvana mfn. doing honour to a social circle, [TS.], Sch. paṅktivihaṃgamanāmabhṛt पङ्क्तिविहंगमनामभृत् paṅkti—vihaṃgama-nāma-bhṛt m. = -paṅkti-ratha, or daśa-r°, [Vām. ii, 1, 13.]