As a Hindi name
पाखण्ड़ · pākhanḍ · s.m.
= S پاکهنڐي पाखण्ड़ी pākhanḍī, s.m. See pāshaṇḍ; pāshanḍī — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 218
पाना · masculine
spanner, wrench
पाना
to get, receive; to obtain; to win, attain, achieve; to find, come upon, meet
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit प्रापयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra- Sanskrit प्र- (pra-) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- Sanskrit आप् (āp) Proto-Indo-E…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A heretick, a heterodox Hindu, adopting the exterior marks of the classes, but not respecting the ordinances of the Vedas. E. pā for pāla what nourishes, (mankind, as virtue may be…
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Dictionary citations
pākhaṇḍa m. = (and prob. only w.r. for) pāṣaṇḍa, q.v.
pākhaṇḍa m. (-ṇḍaḥ) A heretick, a heterodox Hindu, adopting the exterior marks of the classes, but not respecting the ordinances of the Vedas. E. pā for pāla what nourishes, (mankind, as virtue may be said to do,) and khaḍi to subvert or destroy, aff. aṇ; also pāṣaṇḍa.
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