Sankocana, Saṅkocana, Samkocana: 7 definitions
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Sankocana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Sankochana.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySaṅkocana, (nt.)=saṅkoca J. III, 57 (mukha°); DhA. III, 270; Dhtp 809. (Page 663)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysaṅkōcana (संकोचन).—n S Drawing together, in or, up, constringing, contracting, closing, shutting up, gathering up, shrinking, narrowing.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsaṅkōcana (संकोचन).—n Drawing together, in, or up; contracting.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṅkocana (सङ्कोचन).—n.
(-naṃ) Astringing, causing to shrink or close. E. sam, kuc to contract, causal v., lyuṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṅkocana (सङ्कोचन):—[sa-ṅkocana] (naṃ) 1. n. Contracting.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSaṃkōcana (ಸಂಕೋಚನ):—
1) [noun] = ಸಂಕೋಚ [samkoca]2 - 1.
2) [noun] the act of making an epitome, abstract or summary of.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionarySaṅkocana (सङ्कोचन):—n. 1. contraction; contracting; 2. showing shyness; bashfulness;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Ends with: Mukhasankocana, Shabda-sankocana, Svarasankocana.
Full-text: Cankocanakari, Sankochan, Yantita, Mukha.
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