Samkram, Saṃkram, Sam-kram: 2 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃkram (संक्रम्):—[=saṃ-√kram] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -krāmati, -kramate, to come together, meet, encounter, [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];
—to come near, approach, appear, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc. etc.;
—to enter a constellation (said of the sun), [Jyotiṣa];
—to go or pass over or through, pass from ([ablative]) into ([locative case] or [accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
—to overstep, transgress, [Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa];
—to go along, wander, roam, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] :
—[Causal] -krAmayati ([indeclinable participle] -kramayya), to cause to go, lead to ([accusative]), [Raghuvaṃśa];
—to transfer, transport, deliver over, consign (with [accusative] of thing and [locative case] of [person]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
—to bring two words together (in the Krama q.v., by omitting those between), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya];
—to agree, [Mahābhārata v, 7494.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Saṃkram (संक्रम्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃkama.
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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Starts with (+5): Samkramadvadashaha, Samkramaka, Samkramana, Samkramanaka, Samkramanakala, Samkramanavasthe, Samkramanaviropana, Samkramani, Samkramayajna, Samkramayitavya, Samkramika, Samkramikar, Samkramikri, Samkramin, Samkramisu, Samkramita, Samkramitri, Samkramtihabba, Samkramtipurusha, Samkramtivritta.
Ends with: Anusamkram, Pratisamkram, Upasamkram.
Full-text (+15): Sankama, Samkramana, Sankrama, Samkrantinirnaya, Samkrantiprakarana, Samkrantilakshana, Samkramanaka, Samkrantiviveka, Samkrantyudyapana, Samkrantipatala, Samkrantiphala, Samkrantishanti, Anusamkram, Samkramanaviropana, Samkrantivyavasthanirnaya, Samkrantivadin, Pasankamati, Samkramayajna, Samkranti, Samkramayitavya.
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