Samkirna, Saṅkīrṇa, Saṃkīrṇa, Sankirna: 18 definitions

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Samkirna means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Samkirna has 18 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Sankirn.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Saṃkīrṇa (संकीर्ण):—partic. s. u. 3. kar mit sam . Nachzutragen wäre:

1) adj. gemischt, nicht von einerlei Art [Bharata] [NĀṬYAŚ. 18, 35. 93.] [DAŚAR. 3, 38. fg. 50.] [Oxforder Handschriften 123], a, [38. 181], a, [5 v. u.] b, [4 v. u. 183], a, [21. 192], a, 37. b, [No. 437. 193], a, [29.] [PRATĀPAR. 22], b, 6. nāga ein Elephant mit bestimmten und zwar gemischten Eigenschaften [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 67, 3. fgg.] yuddha ein Kampf, bei dem verschiedene Waffen in Anwendung kommen, [Mahābhārata 1, 5239.] durch Mischung verschiedener Kasten entstanden, Mischling [Bharata] [NĀṬYAŚ. 34, 10. fgg.] jāti [Oxforder Handschriften 276], a, [3 v. u.] pāpa [266,a,2.] karaṇa [5. 269], b, 29. saṃkīrṇā (sc. prahelikā) eine Art von Räthseln [kāvyādarśa 3, 105.] vākyasaṃkīrṇa n. Verwirrung der Sätze [PRATĀPAR. 63], b, 2. —

2) m. Nomen proprium eines alten Weisen [Oxforder Handschriften 41,b,42.] saṃkīla v. l.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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