Samkalana, Saṃkalana, Saṃkalanā, Saṃkālana, Saṅkalana, Sankalana: 16 definitions

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Samkalana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Sankalan.

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In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Saṃkalana (संकलन) or “making together” is another name for Saṃklita (“addition”) which represents one of the twenty operations (logistics) of pāṭīgaṇita (“science of calculation which requires the use of writing material—the board”), according to Pṛthudakasvāmī’s commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta, a Sanskrit treatise on ancient Indian mathematics (gaṇita-śāstra) and astronomy from the 7th century.—The Hindu name for addition is saṃkalita (‘made together’). Other equivalent terms commonly used are [e.g., saṃkalana (making together)] [...]. The word saṃkalita has been used by some writers in the general sense of the sum of a series.

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Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

saṅkalana : (nt.) addition; collection.

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

Saṅkalana, (nt.) (fr. saṃ+kal to produce) addition DA. I, 95; MA. I, 2. (Page 662)

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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

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Saṅkalana (सङ्कलन).—n S Addition, summation. 2 Mixing, mingling, blending. 3 Heaping together.

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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

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃkalana (संकलन) or Saṃkalanā (संकलना).—

1) The act of heaping together.

2) Contact, junction.

3) Collision.

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5) Addition (in math.).

Derivable forms: saṃkalanam (संकलनम्).

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Saṃkālana (संकालन).—Burning a corpse, funeral ceremony; न तु संकालनं राज्ञो विना पुत्रेण मन्त्रिणः (na tu saṃkālanaṃ rājño vinā putreṇa mantriṇaḥ) Rām.2.66.15.

Derivable forms: saṃkālanam (संकालनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṅkalana (सङ्कलन).—nf.

(-naṃ-nā) 1. Contact, junction. 2. Blending, clinging, twining, intermixture. 3. Heaping as corn, &c. n.

(-naṃ) Addition, (in arithmetic.) E. sam with or like, kal to number, aff. yuc or lyuṭ .

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

Saṃkalana (संकलन).—i. e. sam-kal + ana, I. n., and f. . 1. Heaping. 2. Junction, collision, [Kirātārjunīya] 18, 8. 3. Blending, intermixture. Ii. n. Addition.

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

Saṃkalana (संकलन).—[neuter] putting or keeping together.

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Saṃkālana (संकालन).—[neuter] the carrying out and burning of a dead body.

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

1) Saṃkālana (संकालन):—[=saṃ-kālana] [from saṃ-kal] n. the act of driving (cattle) together (for grazing), [Catalogue(s)]

2) [v.s. ...] carrying out or burning (a corpse), [Rāmāyaṇa] ([varia lectio] saṃ-kalana).

3) Saṃkalana (संकलन):—[=saṃ-kalana] [from saṃ-kala > saṃ-kal] n. (or f(ā). ) joining or adding or holding together, [Kādambarī]

4) [v.s. ...] addition, [Bījagaṇita]

5) [v.s. ...] the act of heaping together, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Saṅkalana (सङ्कलन):—[sa-ṅkalana] (naṃ-nā) 1. n. Addition. 1. n. f. Junction; intermixing; heaping.

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

Saṃkalana (संकलन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃkalaṇa.

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Samkalana 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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Saṃkalana (संकलन) [Also spelled sankalan]:—(nm) compilation; collection; assemblage; summation; ~[ka/nakarttā] a compiler, assembler.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Saṃkalaṇa (संकलण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Saṃkalana.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃkalana (ಸಂಕಲನ):—

1) [noun] the act or process of collecting (several things or something in a large number).

2) [noun] things so collected.

3) [noun] a collection of poems, stories, songs, excerpts, etc., chosen by the compiler; an anthology.

4) [noun] an adding of two or more numbers to get their sum; addition.

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Saṃkaḷana (ಸಂಕಳನ):—[noun] = ಸಂಕಲನ [samkalana].

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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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Nepali dictionary

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Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Saṅkalana (सङ्कलन):—n. 1. collection; compilation; 2. anthology; 3. arranging; selection; 4. addition; summation;

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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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