Shankuvicara, Śaṅkuvicāra, Shanku-vicara: 2 definitions
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Shankuvicara 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 Śaṅkuvicāra can be transliterated into English as Sankuvicara or Shankuvicara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shankuvichara.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumŚaṅkuvicāra (शङ्कुविचार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—‘how to find the hours of different days by driving pegs into the earth in sunshine’, by Lakṣmīpati. NW. 524.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚaṅkuvicāra (शङ्कुविचार):—[=śaṅku-vicāra] [from śaṅku] m. Name of [work] (containing rules for finding out the hours by the shadows of pegs driven into the earth in sunshine) by Lakṣmī-pati, [Catalogue(s)]
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.
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Partial matches: Shanku, Vicara.
Full-text: Lakshmipati.
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