Shakunti, Śakunti, Shakumti: 9 definitions
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Shakunti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Śakunti can be transliterated into English as Sakunti or Shakunti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsŚakunti (शकुन्ति) is found in the Rigveda (ii. 42, 3; 43, 1) denoting a ‘bird’ of omen.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚakunti (शकुन्ति).—A bird; कलमविरलं रत्युत्कण्ठाः क्वणन्तु शकुन्तयः (kalamaviralaṃ ratyutkaṇṭhāḥ kvaṇantu śakuntayaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 3.24.
Derivable forms: śakuntiḥ (शकुन्तिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚakunti (शकुन्ति).—m.
(-ntiḥ) 1. A bird in general. 2. A kind of bird: see śakunta, &c. E. śak to be able, Unadi aff. unti .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚakunti (शकुन्ति).— (cf. śakunta), m. A bird, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 69, 6.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚakunti (शकुन्ति).—[masculine] bird.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚakunti (शकुन्ति):—[from śakuna] m. a bird, [Ṛg-veda; Kāvya literature]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚakunti (शकुन्ति):—(ntiḥ) 2. m. A bird.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusŚakuṃti (ಶಕುಂತಿ):—[noun] a bird in gen.
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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Starts with: Sakuntika.
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