Sankati, Saṅkati, Samkati: 5 definitions

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Sankati means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Tamil. 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.

India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Sankati (“ragi or millet pudding”) is one of the many exogamous septs (division) among the Boyas (an old fighting caste of Southern India). The Boyas were much prized as fighting men in the stirring times of the eighteenth century .

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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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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sankati in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

saṅkati : (sak + ṃ-a) doubts; hesitates; to be uncertain.

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

Saṅkati, (śaṅk, Vedic śaṅkate, cp. Lat. cunctor to hesitate; Goth. hāhan=Ags. hangon “to hang”; Oicel. h&amacremacr; tta danger) to doubt, hesitate, to be uncertain about; pres. (med.) 1st sg. saṅke S. I, 111; J. III, 253 (=āsaṅkāmi C.); VI, 312 (na saṅke maraṇ’āgamāya); Pot. saṅketha J. II, 53=V. 85. Pass. saṅkīyati S. III, =Kvu 141; A. IV, 246. (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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃkaṭi (ಸಂಕಟಿ):—

1) [noun] rāgi or other flour cooked and made in to a ball and served as food.

2) [noun] a thin gruel.

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Saṃkaṭi (ಸಂಕಟಿ):—[noun] = ಸಂಕಡಿ [samkadi]2.

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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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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sankati in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Saṅkati (ஸங்கதி) noun < saṅ-gati. See சங்கதி. [sangathi.]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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