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Meaning of "Pani"

Word

Pani

Sanskrit

पणि

IAST

paṇi

In General

Panis are crooked power of falsehood and ignorance who set their false knowledge, their false strength, will and work against true knowledge, will and work. They are misers who traffic the true knowledge (herd of cow) away from humans. They possess the knowledge but cover it with ignorance and do not let others access it.

Veda

The group of Dasyus who withholds or steal the cows (the ray of knowledge) are Panis. Chief among them is Vala.

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