Shamakarna, Śāmakarṇa, Samakarṇa, Sama-karna: 6 definitions
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Shamakarna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Śāmakarṇa can be transliterated into English as Samakarna or Shamakarna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśāmakarṇa (शामकर्ण).—Corruptions of śyāma, śyāmakarṇa &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySamakarṇa (समकर्ण).—an equi-diagonal tetragon.
Derivable forms: samakarṇaḥ (समकर्णः).
Samakarṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sama and karṇa (कर्ण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySamakarṇa (समकर्ण).—mn.
(-rṇaḥ-rṇaṃ) An equidiagonal tetragon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Samakarṇa (समकर्ण):—[=sama-karṇa] [from sama] m. ‘having equal ears’, Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] of Buddha (-tā f. one of the 80 minor marks of a B°), [Dharmasaṃgraha 84; Buddhist literature]
3) [v.s. ...] mn. ‘having two equal diagonals’, an equi-diagonal tetragon, [Colebrooke]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Samākarṇa (समाकर्ण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Samāyaṇṇa.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Karna, Cama, Sama.
Ends with: Vishamakarna.
Full-text: Vishamakarnatulyacaturbhuja, Samayanna, Samakarnata, Shubhacinha, Anuvyanjana.
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