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Definition of PALANQUIN

Palanquin
Palanquin Pal`an*quin", n. [F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim, Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr. parya?ka, palya?ka, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. pref. peri-) + a?ka a hook, flank, probably akin to E. angle fishing tackle. Cf. Palkee.] An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. [Written also palankeen.]

Meaning of PALANQUIN from wikipedia

- these to make palanquim. English adopted it from Portuguese as "palanquin". Palanquins vary in size and grandeur. The smallest and simplest, a cot or frame...
- figurative palanquin connected with the totem of its owner is a special kind of litter used in the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. These palanquins called...
- the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. They were traditionally palanquin bearers. They are a single community in Sri Lanka, but are however a subcaste...
- month of Vaikasi (May - June) witnesses 9 Garuda Sevai, as well as two palanquins, one with Nammalvar of Alwarthirunagari, and the other with Madurakavi...
- procession carrying the Sikh flag, known as the Nishan Sahib and the Palki (Palanquin) of Guru Granth Sahib. They are followed by teams of singers singing hymns...
- bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of Ashadha (June–July). Pilgrims carry palanquins of the saints from the places of their respective samadhi. The concept...
- Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (transl. "Keep the  palanquin decorated") is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by Priyadarshan, with Akshaye Khanna...
- Region of Ghana. These colorful objects, which developed out of figurative palanquins, are not only coffins but considered works of art. They were shown for...
- Kovur. While travelling from Kovur, his palanquin was attacked by a group of bandits who threw stones at the palanquin and his servants in order to stop him...
- Kudjoe Af****u (born 1985), sculptor, figurative coffin carpenter, and palanquin builder Ben Agbee (born 1966), painter Cephas Yao Agbemenu (born 1951)...