The Sanskrit term Śakunaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Sakunasastra or Shakunashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Śakunaśāstra (शकुनशास्त्र) refers to one of the topics dealt with in the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Vedas, being the fountainhead of all our knowledge and culture, it is but inevitable that Toxicology is also sourced from the Ṛgveda and Atharva veda. [...] Kāśyapa, the author of the Kāśyapasaṃhitā, displays his encyclopaedic knowledge on a battery of topics like Toxicology, Medicine, Botany, Zoology, Astronomy, Astrology, Yoga, Svarodaya, Pharmacology, Herpetology, Opiliatry, Occultism, Mantra Śāstra, Śakuna Śāstra and General Hygiene.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śakunaśāstra (शकुनशास्त्र).—'the science of omens', Name of a work.

Derivable forms: śakunaśāstram (शकुनशास्त्रम्).

Śakunaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śakuna and śāstra (शास्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Śakunaśāstra (शकुनशास्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Oppert. Ii, 3275. Quoted by Mallinātha Oxf. 126^a.
—from Narapatijayacaryā. Bik. 321.

2) Śakunaśāstra (शकुनशास्त्र):—by Vasantarāja. Io. 1849. 2186. W. p. 267. 268. L. 535. K. 242. Kh. Vi. B. 4, 192. Ben. 26. Bik. 347 (and—[commentary]). Kāṭm. 11. Rādh. 34 (and—[commentary]). 35 (and—[commentary]). Oudh. X, 10. Np. V, 2 (and—[commentary]). Ix, 50. P. 15. Poona. 314. H. 329. Peters. 1, 119. Quoted by Mallinātha Oxf. 113^b, in Śākuna Oxf. 399^b, by Raghunātha, in Mārtaṇḍavallabhā and Muhūrtacintāmaṇiṭīkā.
—[commentary] by Bhānucandra. L. 1939. Oudh. Xvii, 34 (by Bhavacandra). Xix, 68 (Bhavacandra). Sb. 281.

Śakunaśāstra has the following synonyms: Śakunārṇava, Śākuna.

3) Śakunaśāstra (शकुनशास्त्र):—or śākuna by Vasantarāja. Fl. 343. Oudh. Xx, 132. Rgb. 866. Stein 173.
—[commentary] Peters. 4, 37.
—[commentary] by Bhānucandra. Stein 173.

Śakunaśāstra has the following synonyms: Śakunārṇava.

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

Śakunaśāstra (शकुनशास्त्र):—[=śakuna-śāstra] [from śakuna] n. ‘doctrine or book of omens’, Name of [work]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shakunashastra 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

Śakunaśāstra (ಶಕುನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—[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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shastra, Shakuna.

Starts with: Shakunashastrasara.

Ends with: Pakshishakunashastra.

Full-text: Shakunavidya, Toxicology, Botany, Herpetology, Mantrashastra, Medicine, Pharmacology, Astronomy, Zoology, Opiliatry, Hygiene, Shakunarnava, Kashyapa, Shakuna, Narapatijayacarya, Svarodaya.

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