Samkriti, Saṃkṛti, Sankriti, Sāṅkṛti, Saṅkṛti: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Saṃkṛti and Sāṅkṛti and Saṅkṛti can be transliterated into English as Samkrti or Samkriti or Sankrti or Sankriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana1) Saṅkṛti (सङ्कृति) or Saṃkṛti (संकृति):—Son of Jayasena (son of Hīna). He had a son named Jaya. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.17.17)
2) Saṅkṛti (सङ्कृति):—Son of Nara (one of the five sons of Manyu). He had a two sons named Guru and Rantideva. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.21.1-2)
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) Saṃkṛti (संकृति).—A king of the Bhārata dynasty. He was the son of king Naraka and father of Rantideva. (Bhāgavata 9th Skandha).
2) Sāṅkṛti (साङ्कृति).—A King who lives in the court of Yama worshipping him. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 10).
3) Sāṅkṛti (साङ्कृति).—A muni born in the Atri dynasty. After giving his disciples lessons on impersonal (attributeless) God he went and lived in Devaloka. (Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 234, Verse 22).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Saṅkṛti (सङ्कृति).—A son of Jayasena, and father of Jaya.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 17. 18.
1b) A son of Nara, (Nagara, Viṣṇu-purāṇa) and father of two sons Guru (Guruprīti, Viṣṇu-purāṇa) Rantideva.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 21. 1-2: Matsya-purāṇa 49. 36. Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 22.
1c) An Angirasa and mantrakṛt; a kṣatropeta dvija.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 32. 107: III. 66. 86. Matsya-purāṇa 145. 101: Vāyu-purāṇa 91. 115.
1d) A son of Jāmbavat.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 302.
1e) A son of Jayatsena and father of Kṛta dharman (Kṣatradharma, Viṣṇu-purāṇa).*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 68. 10: Vāyu-purāṇa 93. 10: Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 9. 27.
1f) A Pravara; no marital relations with Angiras and Gauravītis.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 196, 30.
2) Sāṅkṛti (साङ्कृति).—A son of Nara.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 160.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraSaṃkṛti (संकृति) refers to a class of rhythm-type (chandas) containing twenty-four syllables in a pāda (‘foot’ or ‘quarter-verse’), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 15. There are twenty-six classes of chandas and out of them arise the various syllabic meters (vṛtta), composed of four pādas, defining the pattern of alternating light and heavy syllables.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, 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).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṅkṛti (सङ्कृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) A from of metre, a stanza of four lines, of 24 syllables each. E. sam complete, kṛti a metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃkṛti (संकृति).—[adjective] arranging, restoring. [masculine] a man’s name; [feminine] a kind of metre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saṃkṛti (संकृति):—[=saṃ-kṛti] [from saṃ-kṛ] mfn. putting together, arranging, preparing, making ready, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of various men ([plural] ‘the family of S°’; cf. [gana] gargādi), [???; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] f. a kind of metre (consisting of 4 Pādas of 24 syllables each), [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Colebrooke]
4) [v.s. ...] n. Name of a Sāman, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
5) Sāṃkṛtī (सांकृती):—[from sāṃkṛta] f. of sāṃkṛtya.
6) Sāṃkṛti (सांकृति):—[from sāṃkṛta] m. ([from] saṃ-kṛti) [patronymic] of a sage (son of Viśvāmitra and founder of the Vaiyāghrapadya family), [Āpastamba-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṅkṛti (सङ्कृति):—(tiḥ) 2. f. Name of a metre.
[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 corpusSaṃkṛti (ಸಂಕೃತಿ):—[noun] (pros.) a metrical verse having four lines with twenty four syllables in each.
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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