Shakunajnana, Śakunajñāna, Shakuna-jnana: 7 definitions
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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)
Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान).—The science of birds, etc;1 in connection with founding temples.2
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
Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान).—knowledge of omens, augury.
Derivable forms: śakunajñānam (शकुनज्ञानम्).
Śakunajñāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śakuna and jñāna (ज्ञान).
Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान).—n.
(-naṃ) Knowledge of omens.
Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान).—[neuter] the knowledge of omens.
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]
Śakunajñāna (शकुनज्ञान):—n. Vögelkunde, Kenntniss der Omina [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch.3,171.] [Oxforder Handschriften 132,a,35.]
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
Śakunajñāna (ಶಕುನಜ್ಞಾನ):—[noun] = ಶಕುನ - [shakuna -] 4.
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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