panchaloha

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noun

Any of the traditional five-metal alloys of sacred significance used for making Hindu temple idols.

OriginSanskrit पञ्चलोह →
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Meanings

nounpanchaloha (countable and uncountable, plural panchalohas)

plural panchalohas

  1. countableuncountableAny of the traditional five-metal alloys of sacred significance used for making Hindu temple idols.

Origin

  1. Sanskritपञ्चलोह
  2. Englishpanchaloha

From Sanskrit पञ्चलोह (pañcaloha), literally "five metals".

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