Sankin, Saṅkin, Shankin, Śaṅkin: 7 definitions
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Sankin has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaṅkin can be transliterated into English as Sankin or Shankin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaṅkin (शङ्किन्):—(von śaṅk und śaṅkā) adj.
1) sich fürchtend vor, befürchtend; am Ende eines comp.: tacchaṅkin [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 76.] sarva [Mahābhārata 12, 6269.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 34, 89.] punaḥsaṃdhāna [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 101.] agha [19, 52.] kāntivisaṃvāda [Mālavikāgnimitra 23.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 11, 62. 13, 75. 15, 61. 20, 131. 25, 178. 29, 24. 107. 30, 75. 32, 97. 37, 74. 63, 186. 97, 44.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 16, 46.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 21. 5, 144. 6, 205. 338.] kāka furchtsam oder misstrauisch wie eine Krähe [Spr. (II) 2184.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 32, 53.] —
2) voraussetzend, vermuthend, annehmend: tvadupāvartanaśaṅki me manaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 52.] dviradavṛṃhita [9, 73.] tārā [Spr. 3195.] —
3) von Furcht begleitet, Besorgniss erregend: sevā sadā śaṅkinī (oder sadāśaṅkinī d. i. sadā ā) [Spr. 2004.]
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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Starts with: Cankini, Cankinkutiyon, Sankinna, Sankinnaparikha, Shamkini.
Ends with: Abhishankin, Abhivishankin, Apashankin, Asankin, Avishankin, Caurashankin, Jivashankin, Kakashankin, Nityashankin, Parishankin, Sarvabhishankin, Shashankin, Ussankin, Vishankin.
Full-text: Abhivishankin, Abhishankin, Sanki, Parishankin, Nityashankin, Vishankin.
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