Apashakuna, Apaśakuna: 8 definitions
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Apashakuna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
The Sanskrit term Apaśakuna can be transliterated into English as Apasakuna or Apashakuna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Apshakun.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryapaśakuna (अपशकुन).—m (S) An ill omen; an ill boding prodigy; a portent.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishapaśakuna (अपशकुन).—m An ill omen, a portent.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApaśakuna (अपशकुन).—A bad omen.
Derivable forms: apaśakunam (अपशकुनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaśakuna (अपशकुन):—[=apa-śakuna] n. a bad omen.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApaśakuna (अपशकुन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) An ill-omen. E. apa and śakuna.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Apaśakuna (अपशकुन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avasauṇa.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryApaśakuna (अपशकुन) [Also spelled apshakun]:—(nm) ill/bad omen; inauspicious omen, an occurrence or event portending evil.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusApaśakuna (ಅಪಶಕುನ):—[noun] something that portends an unfortunate event before it happens; an ill omen; portent.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shakuna, Apa.
Full-text: Apacakunam, Ashakuna, Avasauna, Apshakun, Naka.
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