pañca—mūla m. N. of an attendant of Durgā, [Kathās.]
pañca—mūla nf (I). (also °laka) a class or group of 5 roots or plants with tuberous roots (according to [Suśr.] there are 5 classes each containing 5 medicinal plant, viz. kanīyas or alpam or kṣudrakam, mahat, vallī-saṃjñaḥ [sc. gaṇaḥ], kaṇṭaka-s°, and triṇa-s° i.e. the smaller and the larger classes, the creepers, the thorny plants and the 5 kinds of grass; other groups are also enumerated), [Suśr.]; [Bhpr.] &c.