The Sanskrit term Śakunajñāna can be transliterated into English as Sakunajnana or Shakunajnana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान).—The science of birds, etc;¹ in connection with founding temples.²

• 1) Matsya-purāṇa 215. 9;
• 2) Ib. 240. 15; 264. 9.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान).—knowledge of omens, augury.

Derivable forms: śakunajñānam (शकुनज्ञानम्).

Śakunajñāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śakuna and jñāna (ज्ञान).

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

Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान).—n.

(-naṃ) Knowledge of omens.

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

Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान).—[neuter] the knowledge of omens.

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

1) Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान):—[=śakuna-jñāna] [from śakuna] n. knowledge of birds or omens, augury, [Yājñavalkya]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a chapter of the [Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shakunajnana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śakunajñāna (ಶಕುನಜ್ಞಾನ):—[noun] = ಶಕುನ - [shakuna -] 4.

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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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Partial matches: Shakuna, Jnana.

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