Samkshipti, Saṃkṣipti: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Saṃkṣipti can be transliterated into English as Samksipti or Samkshipti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Samkshipti in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃkṣipti (संक्षिप्ति).—f.

1) Throwing together.

2) Compressing, abridging.

3) Throwing, sending.

4) Ambuscade.

5) Transition (from one feeling to another).

Derivable forms: saṃkṣiptiḥ (संक्षिप्तिः).

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

Saṃkṣipti (संक्षिप्ति).—i. e. sam-kṣip + ti, f. 1. Abridgment. 2. Throwing. 3. Sending. 4. Ambuscade.

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

1) Saṃkṣipti (संक्षिप्ति):—[=saṃ-kṣipti] [from saṃ-kṣipta > saṃ-kṣip] f. throwing together, compressing, abridgment, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] throwing, sending, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] ambuscade, [ib.]

4) [v.s. ...] (in [dramatic language]) a sudden change of heroes or in the character of the same hero ([according to] to some ‘a simple expedient’), [Bharata-nāṭya-śāstra; Daśarūpa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

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Samkshipti 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

[«previous next»] — Samkshipti in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Saṃkṣipti (संक्षिप्ति) [Also spelled sankshipti]:—(nf) abridgement; brevity.

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