Shankita, Sa峁卥ita, 艢补峁卥颈迟补, 艢补峁卥颈迟腻, Shamkita: 17 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 艢补峁卥颈迟补 and 艢补峁卥颈迟腻 can be transliterated into English as Sankita or Shankita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
: Google Books: The Book of Hindu Imagery: Gods, Manifestations and Their MeaningA type of glance (or facial expression): 艢补峁卥颈迟补 (apprehensive): a little moved, a little at rest, slightly raised and moved to and fro, the pupils partly hidden. Usage: hesitation.
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra艢补峁卥颈迟腻 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い啶�, 鈥渁pprehensive鈥�) refers to a specific 鈥済lance鈥� (诲峁涐梗峁璱), according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 8. This is a type of glance that expresses a 鈥榯ransitory state鈥� (蝉补峁僣腻谤颈产丑腻惫补). There are a total thirty-six glances defined.
: archive.org: Natya Shastra艢补峁卥颈迟腻 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い啶�).鈥擜 type of glance (诲峁涐梗峁璱) expressing a transitory state (蝉补峁僣腻谤颈产丑腻惫补);鈥擳he concealed Glance which is once moved, and once at rest, slightly raised, obliquely open and in which the eyeballs are timid, is 艢补峁卥颈迟腻 (apprehensive).
Uses of 艢补峁卥颈迟腻 (apprehensive)鈥攊n apprehension.
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)艢补峁卥颈迟腻 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い啶�) refers to one of the Thirty six kinds of Glances (诲峁涐梗峁璱) or 鈥減roper accomplishment of glances鈥� (in Indian Dramas), according to the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.鈥擠峁涐梗峁璱 is very important in a dance form. The appropriate movements of eyes, eyeballs and eyebrows of an artist make the performance more charming. There are thirty six kinds of glances (诲峁涐梗峁璱) accepted in the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, for example 艣补峁卥颈迟腻, belonging to the sa帽c膩ri峁嘺诲峁涐梗峁璱 division.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation艢补峁卥颈迟补 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い) refers to 鈥渉esitation鈥� (i.e., hesitatingly rushing into combat), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.21 (鈥淒escription of the Special War鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Sanatkum膩ra narrated to Vy膩sa: 鈥淥n seeing the leaders of the Ga峁嘺s, Nandin, Ga峁噀艣a and K膩rttikeya, the D膩navas rushed at them for a duel combat. K膩lanemi clashed with Nandin; 艢umbha fought Ga峁噀艣a and Ni艣umbha hesitatingly (艣补峁卥颈迟补) rushed at K膩rttikeya. With five arrows Ni艣umbha hit the peacock of K膩rttikeya in the chest and it fell unconscious. Then the infuriated K膩rttikeya discharged five arrows at his chariot and pierced the horses and the charioteer. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections艢补峁卥颈迟腻 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い啶�) refers to 鈥渂eing afraid鈥� (of the deceit of the breath), according to the 11th century J帽膩n膩r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淏eing frightened by the deceit of the breath [com.鈥攁fraid of (艣补峁卥颈迟腻) the deceit of the breath (艣惫腻蝉辞肠肠丑惫腻蝉补办补辫补峁璭苍补)], the living embryo of men that is taken hold of by the fanged enemy that is destruction goes out like a young doe in the forest. O shameless one, if you are not able to protect this wretched [embryo] which is obtained gradually [by death] then you are not ashamed to delight in pleasures in this life鈥�.
Synonyms: Bh墨ta, Bh墨ru, Bhr膩nta.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysa峁卥ita : (pp. of sa峁卥ati) doubted; hesitated.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySa峁卥ita, (fr. 艣补峁卥) anxious, doubtful J. V, 85; Mhvs 7, 15; SnA 60. Cp. pari掳, vi掳. (Page 663)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary艣补峁卥颈迟补 (啶多啶曕た啶�).鈥攑 (S) That has fears, apprehensions, doubts, scruples regarding. 2 That is feared, apprehended, doubted, distrusted, questioned.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English艣补峁卥颈迟补 (啶多啶曕た啶�).鈥�p That has fears, doubts regarding.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary艢补峁卥颈迟补 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い).鈥�p. p.
1) Doubted, suspected, feared.
2) Suspicious, suspecting, distrustful.
3) Uncertain, doubtful.
4) Fearful, apprehensive, alarmed; 啶多啷嵿啶苦い啶︵啶粪啶熰た啶� (艣补峁卥颈迟补诲峁涐梗峁璱岣�) Pa帽catantra (Bombay) 1. 197.
5) Weak, unsteady; (see 艣补峁卥).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢补峁卥颈迟补 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い).鈥攎fn.
(-迟补岣�-迟腻-迟补峁�) 1. Alarmed, frightened. 2. Weak, unsteady. 3. Doubtful, uncertain. E. 艣补峁卥膩 fear, itac aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢补峁卥颈迟补 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い):鈥擺from 艣补峁卥] mfn. alarmed, apprehensive, distrustful, suspicious, afraid of ([ablative] [genitive case], or [compound]), anxious about ([locative case] or [accusative] with prati), [Mah膩bh膩rata; K膩vya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] assuming, supposing, [R膩jatara峁単i峁嚹玗
3) [v.s. ...] feared, apprehended, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺; 艢膩nti艣ataka]
4) [v.s. ...] doubted, doubtful, uncertain, [Manu-sm峁泃i; M峁沜chaka峁璱k膩] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] weak, unsteady, [Horace H. Wilson]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢补峁卥颈迟补 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い):鈥擺(ta岣�-t膩-ta峁�) a.] Alarmed; weak; doubtful.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)艢补峁卥颈迟补 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 厂补峁僰颈补.
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus艢a峁僰ita (嗖多矀嗖曕部嗖�):鈥擺adjective] that has been doubted, suspected.
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艢a峁僰ita (嗖多矀嗖曕部嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] = 嗖多矀嗖曕硢 - [shamke -] 1.
2) [noun] a man who is viewed by another or others with a suspicion; a suspected man.
3) [noun] a man who is afraid or scared of.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary艢补峁卥颈迟补 (啶多啷嵿啶苦い):鈥攁dj. 1. filled with doubt; suspicious; 2. fearful; 3. anticipated with misgiving; 4. suspected;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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