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.