As a deity name
Name 390 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
पाँच
five
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit पञ्च॑ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča Sanskrit पञ्च॑ (páñca) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) Old Hindi पांच (pāṃca) Hindi पाँच Inherited from Old Hindi पंच (paṃca), पांच (pāṃca), from Sanskrit पञ्च॑ (páñca). Cognate with Punjabi ਪੰਜ …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘having 5 arrows’, N. of the god of love, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "paṃcabāṇāya" is the dative of "pañcabāṇa" — the same word in a different grammatical case. (The spelling "paṃcabāṇāya" is looked up as "pañcabāṇāya" — a standard final-sound spelling variant.)
Dictionary citations
pañca—bāṇa m. ‘having 5 arrows’, N. of the god of love, Kālid.; Daś. &c.
Alternative readings
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