Ismaili Dictionary & Encyclopedia

Panch bandEncyclopedia Topic

Adopt five virtues and shun five evils

Various Sources Panch KoshEncyclopedia Topic

Five spiritual stages, according to the Vedant (Hindu scriptures) their names are: 1. Annmae kosh, 2. manomae kosh, 3. Prii,:imae kosh, 4. Vigniinmae kosh and 5. Anandmae kosh)

Various Sources Panch papiEncyclopedia Topic

Five bad qualities

Various Sources Panch ratanEncyclopedia Topic

Five gems, five good deeds

Various Sources Panch ratanEncyclopedia Topic

patience, forgiveness, faith and patience, forgiveness, faith and remembrance of Allah

Various Sources Panch sakhiEncyclopedia Topic

Five friends, five virtuous ladies. 1. Ansuya, 2. Kunta , 3. Dropadi, 4. Harischandra nar (wife of Harischandra) and 5. Bibi Fatima (a.s.). Panjtan Pak, five virtues

Various Sources PanchmuEncyclopedia Topic

Fifth (5th)

Various Sources PandeEncyclopedia Topic

On the leaves

Various Sources PandeEncyclopedia Topic

Pundit, Brahmin, teacher

Various Sources Pande pandeEncyclopedia Topic

On every leaf

Various Sources PandhiEncyclopedia Topic

Way-farer, traveller

Various Sources PandhidaEncyclopedia Topic

Wayfarer, traveller

Various Sources PanditEncyclopedia Topic

Sage, scholar

Various Sources PANDIYAT - I - JAWANMARDI, PIRName

see: IMAM MUSTANSIRBILLAH.

V. IMAM MUSTANSIRBILLAH.

Heritage Dictionary of ismailism, entry #326general PANDIYAT-I JAWANMARDIEncyclopedia Topic

"The Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi (maxims of fortitude) is a collection of the advices of Imam Mustansir billah (d. 880/1475), which had been compiled in the time of Imam Abdus Salam (d. 899/1493). The word pandiyat is the plural of pand means advice, and jawanmardi means manliness. The term jawanmardi is the Persian translation of fata means young man or brave youth. The Koran (18:10) called the Seven Sleepers fityan (pl. of fata). This term generally was connected with Ali bin Abu Talib, as the sentence of the hadith goes: "There is no fata but Ali, and no sword but Zulfikar"

It contains the advices (pandiyat) for the true believers (mu'minin) and to those seeking to attain the exemplary standards of manliness (jawanmardi). It is divided into three sections, viz. Pandiyat great (115 parts), Pandiyat small (105 parts) and twelve Jawanmardi (12 parts), also incorporated with few farmans of Imam Abdus Salam. It deals with the advices to the believers on ethics, humanity, behavior, etc.

The Ismailis are referred to by the Sufic sounding terms as ahl-i haqq and ahl-i haqiqat (the people of the truth), while the Imam himself is termed as pir, murshid and qutb. It is venerated as a Pir or hujjat in India, and is read in Yarkand, Gilgit, Hunza, Chitral, Badakhshan, and Iran.

Syed Nur Muhammad Shah (d. 940/1534) stands an earliest source to make mention of the Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi that, "Mustansir billah then became the Imam, who executed much works in the world. He narrated Pandiyat into the Persian, also exhorted therein the Jawanmardi" (Satveni-ji Vel, 108:9-10).

The Indian tradition however has it that Imam Abdus Salam delivered Kamadia Kapura a copy of the Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi, ranking it as the 29th hujjat or pir. The copy was placed on the gadi of the Mukhi in the Jamatkhana in Sind. The Ismailis paid their homage confessing it as a Pir. It exercised the authority of hujjat or pir for about 80 years till the appointment of next 30th Pir Hyder Ali in 960/1552 in the period of Imam Khalilullah Ali (d. 993/1585). The tradition further relates that when Imam Khalilullah Ali resolved to appoint the 30th Pir for India, he summoned Mukhi Shamdas Kapura of Sind with an original copy of Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi. A ceremony was performed to take away the authority from the book and transfer it to Pir Hyder Ali.

W. Ivanow comments on Pandiyat-i Jawanmardi that, "The book, or its greater part, was compiled under Shah Abdu's-Salam who succeeded Imam Mustansir bi'l-lah and thus really was the Imam of the time when the compiler was engaged in writing. The enigmatic passage on p. 56 may be easily explained if we suggest that Mustansir bi'l-lah told his followers not to disclose his own identity to outsiders, nor of the Imam of one's time generally. And as the Imam of the time at the moment when the compiler was writing was Shah Abdu's-Salam, he automatically mentioned his name."

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Yourself

Various Sources PaneEncyclopedia Topic

Path, way

Various Sources Pane paneEncyclopedia Topic

On every page

Various Sources PanglaEncyclopedia Topic

Lame

Various Sources PangliEncyclopedia Topic

Crippled, deformed

Various Sources PaniEncyclopedia Topic

Water

Various Sources PANI COMPANYEncyclopedia Topic

"Pani company or water-supplying is an institution in the Jamatkhana. It supplies water to the faithful daily and during the festive occasions. The word pani means water and company means assemblege, collection or multitude of things. The Arabic word birka means drinking-place or kafas al-ma means water-cage. The word ma' (pl. miyah or amwah) means water, which occurs over 60 times and river over 50 times in the Koran, while fountains, springs, rain, hail, clouds and winds occur less frequently. The Koran says: "And We send water from the sky and give it to you to drink" (15:22), "We provided you with sweet water" (77:27), and "We send down pure water from the sky, that We may thereby give life to a dead land and provide drink for what We have created

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Like the flow, of water

Various Sources PanjEncyclopedia Topic

Five evils

Various Sources PanjEncyclopedia Topic

Five bad deeds

Various Sources PanjEncyclopedia Topic

Five (5), five evils

Various Sources PanJNoun

Cinq. V. PANTCH. PanJO = poignée de 5 doigts.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #731general Panj bhuEncyclopedia Topic

Five evils (see Panch)

Various Sources PanJ TaN PAKNoun

Les cinq corps purs. Maison du Prophète. Le Prophète, Hazrat Ali, Bibi Fatima, H. Hassan et H. Hussein. g. 517.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #98general PanjarEncyclopedia Topic

Cage, skeleton, imprisonment

Various Sources PanjbhuEncyclopedia Topic

Five evils i.e. Kam (carnal desires), Krodh (anger), Lobh (greed), Moh (deep love for the world) and Mad Ahunkar (pride and vanity)

Various Sources PanjbhuEncyclopedia Topic

Five evils, (see also Panch)

Various Sources PanjbhuEncyclopedia Topic

Five evil qualities

Various Sources PanjeEncyclopedia Topic

Card, comb (verb).

Various Sources PANJIBHAI Encyclopedia Topic

It was an association of brotherhood in the Ismaili community in India. The word panjibhai means a brother shaking hand. The word occurred once in the old prayer of the Ismailis. The term panjibhai became more famous however during the Aga Khan Case of 1866 in India. It was the time when the members of the opposition group were not excommunicated from the community, and they used to attend the Jamatkhana, but did not shake hand with the others at the end of the prayers, or they did not give shah didar to others. They were the supporters of the group of Bar Bhai, the seceders. The Ismailis, who were loyal with the Imam were the shakers of hands in the prayers, and became known as the panjibhai. These panjibhai were the early bricks of the Khoja Panje Bhai Club in the community.

PANJIBHAI CLUB [ see KHOJA PANJIBHAI CLUB ]

Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddingeneral PanjtanEncyclopedia Topic

Five holy personalities i.e. Hazrat Muhammad (s.a.s.), Hazrat Ali (a.s.), Hazrat Fatimah (a.s.), Hazrat Hasan (a.s.) and Hazrat Imam Hussain (a.s.)

Various Sources PANJTAN-I PAKEncyclopedia Topic

"Panjtan-i Pak (the Blessed Quincunx), Ashbah al-Khmsa (the five shadows) or Ashab al-Kisa (persons of the mantle) is a term coined for the five holy bodies, i.e., the Prophet, Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussain. They were created out of the substance of Illiyyun (Bihar al-Anwar, 25:10). The Koran (83:18) says, "Nay! Most surely the record of the righteous shall be in the highest places (illiyyun)." The word illiyyun is the plural of illiy or illiyyah. It is derived from the Hebrew elyou meaning the highest. These five holy bodies were conceived in their mystical dimension as being a Light that God created before the creation of this universe. The Light descended in turn upon Adam and then upon each of the prophets until it became embodied in five holy bodies.

According to Bihar al-Anwar (25:24), "When God created Adam, the father of mankind, and breathed His spirit into him, Adam looked to the right hand side of the empyrean. There he saw five figures in the form of silhouettes. He asked: "God, have You created any one from the dust before me?" God replied: "No." Adam said, "So who are these five figures which I see resembling my own shape?" God answered, "These are five of your offspring. If it were not for them, I would have not created you. They are five people whose names are derived from My Own. If it were not for them, I would have not created paradise or hell, the heavens and the earth, the skies and the lands, the angels, the human beings and the jinn. I am "Mahmud" and this is Muhammad. I am "Aala" and this is `Ali. I am "Fatir"and this is Fatima, I am "Ihsan" and this is Hasan. I am "Muhsin" and this is Hussain. By My Glory, whoever bears even an atom's weight of grudge against them will be cast into hell. O Adam! They are My chosen ones. For them, I will save or cast others to perdition. If you want anything from Me, you should resort to these five people."

In the Tafsir of Tabari (12:5), it has been quoted from Abu Sa'id Khudari that the Prophet said, "The Koranic verse (33:33) has been revealed about five persons namely, myself, Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussain." In Mushkilul Athar (1:332), Umm Salama is quoted as saying, "This verse was revealed with regards to the Prophet, Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussain."

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That which belongs to the Panjtan

Various Sources PankhEncyclopedia Topic

Wings

Various Sources PankhadiyaEncyclopedia Topic

Wings

Various Sources PankhdiEncyclopedia Topic

Petal of flower

Various Sources PankhiEncyclopedia Topic

Birds

Various Sources PankhiEncyclopedia Topic

Bird

Various Sources PankhidaEncyclopedia Topic

Birds

Various Sources Pano chadiyoEncyclopedia Topic

Maternal instinct was aroused

Various Sources PAnRINoun

Eau. PAK PAnRI = eau bénite, eau pure.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #732general PanseEncyclopedia Topic

With them

Various Sources PANTCHNoun

Cinq. V. PANCH PAnDaW*, PanJ Tan PAK, PanJ Bhouh.

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #730general PAnTCH (5)Noun

Cinq (5), "TARE POUtHIaRE CHE PAnTCH" (PIR SHaMS) g. 280

Heritage Dictionary of Ismailism, entry #968general PanthEncyclopedia Topic

Way, path, road

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