Shakabda, Śakābda, Shaka-abda: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śakābda can be transliterated into English as Sakabda or Shakabda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shakabd.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical TermsŚakābda (शकाब्द).—The year of Śaka era. Note: Śakābda is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚakābda (शकाब्द).—a year of the Śaka era.
Derivable forms: śakābdaḥ (शकाब्दः).
Śakābda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śaka and abda (अब्द). See also (synonyms): śakakāla.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚakābda (शकाब्द).—n.
(-bdaṃ) 1. A year of the Saka era, or era of Salivahana. E. śaka, abda a year.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚakābda (शकाब्द):—[from śaka] m. a year of the Ś° era, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚakābda (शकाब्द):—[śakā+bda] (bdaḥ) 1. m. Era of Sālivāhana.
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 dictionaryŚakābda (शकाब्द) [Also spelled shakabd]:—(nm) see [śaka saṃvat] (under [śaka]).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚakābda (ಶಕಾಬ್ದ):—[noun] = ಶಕ [shaka]1 - 1.
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: Shaka, Abda, Caka.
Full-text: Shakabd, Cakattam, Shakakala, Cakaptam, Govindaswami.
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