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Five Precepts

Five Precepts proper noun: five precepts.

Proper noun

  1. Five precepts

Five Precepts meaning in Sinhala, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese

Five Precepts in Sinhala

Five Precepts
පන්සිල් pansil

Five Precepts in Indonesian

Five Precepts
Pancasila

Five Precepts in Thai

Five Precepts
เบญจศีล, ปัญจศีล, ศีลห้า

Five Precepts in Vietnamese

Five Precepts
ngũ giới
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Five Precepts in Myanmar
ငါးပါးသီလ nga:pa:sila., ပဉ္စသီလ panyca.sila., နိစ္စသီလ nicca.sila.

Origin of Five Precepts

Calque of Pali pañcasīla, Sanskrit पञ्चशील (pañcaśīla).

Questions about Five Precepts

What does Five Precepts mean?
Five Precepts means five precepts.
What is Five Precepts in Sinhala?
Five Precepts in Sinhala is පන්සිල් (pansil). See Five Precepts meaning in Sinhala.
What part of speech is Five Precepts?
Five Precepts is a proper noun.

Words near Five Precepts in the dictionary

  1. five piece door
  2. five pillars
  3. Five Points
  4. Five Poisons
  5. Five Power Defence Arrangements
  6. Five Precepts
  7. five senses
  8. Five Sisters
  9. five sixths
  10. five stones
  11. five thousand

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