India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Makara-saṅkramaṇa.—(SITI), entrance of the sun into Cap- ricorn; commencement of the Tamil month Tai; same as Makara-saṅkrānti. Note: makara-saṅkramaṇa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

makarasaṅkramaṇa (मकरसंक्रमण).—n (S) makarasaṅkrānti f (S) The passage of the sun from Sagittarius into Capricornus.

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

makarasaṅkramaṇa (मकरसंक्रमण).—n-saṅkrāntī f The passage of the sun from Sagittarius into Capricornus.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Makarasaṃkramaṇa (ಮಕರಸಂಕ್ರಮಣ):—

1) [noun] (astron.) the day (22nd day December) on which the sun reaches the limit of his journey towards south (that is, the obliquity of the suṇs path touhes the Tropic of Capricorn.

2) [noun] a festival observed usu. on 14th of January (occasionally on 15th.) on the traditional belief that the sun changes the direction of his journey on that day towards north.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Makara, Samkramana.

Full-text: Makarasankranti, Makarasamkramana.

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