Alternative spellings of this word include Samkuchita.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Saṃkucita (संकुचित) or Saṅkucita refers to a “half-closed/half-opnened bud” (of a flower), as mentioned in a list of ten synonyms, according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Saṃkucita] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Saṃkucita (संकुचित) refers to “contracted (manifestations)” (such as persons or things), according to the Netratantroddyota commentary on the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 22.11]—“[...] The diversity of the world has passed away from him, [as have] contracted manifestations (saṃkucita—saṃkucitāḥ prakāśāḥ) [such as persons or things]. He is called the threefold protector because he protects all and he is the liberating, because he is the savior. Śiva is Mṛtyujit, whose nature is Paramaśiva, which is salvation. He protects those whose minds are terrified And this is the nirvacana of netranātha on the basis of similarity of syllables and vowels. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

saṅkucita : (pp. of saṅkucati) become contracted; shrunk; clenched.

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

Saṅkucita, (pp. of saṅkucati) shrunk, contracted, clenched (of the first: °hattha) J. I, 275; VI, 468 (°hattha, opposed to pasārita-hattha); DA. I, 287; PvA. 123, 124. (Page 663)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Saṅkucita (सङ्कुचित).—p (S) Narrowed, contracted &c. See saṅkōcita.

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

Saṅkucita (सङ्कुचित).—p Narrowed, contracted, see saṅkōcita.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃkucita (संकुचित).—p. p.

1) Contracted, abridged; लङ्कापतेः संकुचितं यशो यत् (laṅkāpateḥ saṃkucitaṃ yaśo yat) Vikr.1.27.

2) Shrunk, wrinkled; गात्रं संकुचिंतं गतिर्विगलिता दन्ताश्च नाशं गताः (gātraṃ saṃkuciṃtaṃ gatirvigalitā dantāśca nāśaṃ gatāḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4.78.

3) Closed, shut.

4) Covering.

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

Saṅkucita (सङ्कुचित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Unblown, unopened. 2. Closed, shut. 3. Narrowed, contracted. E. sam before kuc to contract, aff. kta .

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

Saṃkucita (संकुचित).—[adjective] contracted, wrinkled, shut, bent.

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

1) Saṃkucita (संकुचित):—[=saṃ-kucita] [from saṃ-kuñc] mfn. contracted, shrunk, shrivelled, narrowed, closed, shut, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhartṛhari; Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] crouching, cowering, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a place [gana] takṣaśilādi.

4) Sāṃkucita (सांकुचित):—[from sāṃkuci] mfn. derived from Saṃ-kucita [gana] takṣaśilādi.

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

Saṅkucita (सङ्कुचित):—[sa-ṅkucita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Closed, contracted, unblown.

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

Saṃkucita (संकुचित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃkuiya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samkucita 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Saṃkucita (संकुचित) [Also spelled sankuchit]:—(a) parochial, narrow; mean; contracted; -[dṛṣṭi] narrow/parochial outlook.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃkucita (ಸಂಕುಚಿತ):—

1) [adjective] contracted; shrunk.

2) [adjective] limited; confined to.

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Saṃkucita (ಸಂಕುಚಿತ):—

1) [noun] that which is contracted or shrunk (in size).

2) [noun] a thing which is limited or confined to some limits.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kucita, Sha, Sam, Ca.

Starts with: Samkucitadrishti, Samkucitate, Samkucitatva.

Ends with: Nissamkucita, Pratisamkucita.

Full-text: Sakuṇita, Pratisamkucita, Samkuiya, Sankuchit, Kuṇalin, Kuc, Kunc, Khata, Katukancukata, Sya.

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