Socana, Shocana, Socanā, Śocana: 10 definitions
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Socana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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.
Socana has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śocana can be transliterated into English as Socana or Shocana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shochana.
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Sanskrit dictionary
[Deutsch Wörterbuch]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚocana (शोचन):—
1) nom. ag. von 1. śuc [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 150.] —
2) n. Kummer, Gram, Trauer [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 299.] [Halāyudha 5, 89.] — śocana [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 427] fehlerhaft für śobhana .
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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Ends with: Abhishocana, Anusocana, Dveshaparisocana, Prashocana.
Full-text: Soana, Anusocana, Abhishocana, Soanaya, Prashocana, Sochna, Shoka, Dura, Dur.
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