Ekuna, Eka-una, Ekona, Ekūna: 10 definitions

Introduction:

Ekuna 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ekūna : (adj.) minus one.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ekūna refers to: one less, minus one, usually as 1st part of a numeral cpd., like °vīsati (20—1 = 19) DhA.I, 4; °paññāsa (49) J.III, 220; °saṭṭhi (59) DhA.III, 412; °pañcasatā (499) DhA.II, 204. See ūna.

Note: ekūna is a Pali compound consisting of the words eka and ūna.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ēkūṇa (एकूण) [or न, na].—ad Well, then, since it is so; in brief; to be short. Ex. phāra bōlūna kāya ē0 tumhī jāṇāra. 2 Used in summing up and drawing the total. Ex. pāñcā jaṇānī pāñca pāñca rupayē dīlhē ē0 pañcavīsa jhālē. Hence used in the sense of Arrant, arch, thorough-paced, utter; as ē0 labāḍa-luccā-sōdā-harāmī-mūrkha.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ēkūṇa (एकूण) [-na, -न].—ad Total. Well then, since it is so, in brief. Ex. ēkūṇa tumhī jāṇāra?

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ekona (एकोन).—[adjective] less by one.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ekona (एकोन):—[from eka] mfn. less by one, minus one (used in [compound] with viṃśati and the succeeding decade numerals, thus -viṃśati f. nineteen etc.)

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ekona (एकोन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Auṇa.

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Ekuna in German

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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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