The Sanskrit terms Śōkākula and Śokākula can be transliterated into English as Sokakula or Shokakula, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shokakul.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Śokākula (शोकाकुल) refers to “being overwhelmed with grief”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.34 (“The Story of Anaraṇya”).—Accordingly, as Vasiṣṭha said to Himavat (Himācala): “[...] The sage repeated his request saying—‘O great king, give me your daughter. Otherwise in a trice I will reduce everything to ashes’. The queens, knowing not what shall be done, lamented. The chief queen, the mother of the girl, fell unconscious in the excess of her grief. The brothers of the girl were agitated with sorrow. O lord of mountains, everything and every one connected with the king was overwhelmed with grief (śokākula). [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śōkākula (शोकाकुल) [-tura-viṣṭa-krānta-grasta, -तुर-विष्ट-क्रांत-ग्रस्त].—a Filled with sorrow.

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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 dictionary

Śokākula (शोकाकुल).—a. afflicted or agonized by grief.

Śokākula is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śoka and ākula (आकुल). See also (synonyms): śokābhibhūta, śokāviṣṭa, śokopahata, śokavihvala.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śokākula (शोकाकुल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Overcome with sorrow. E. śoka, and ākula bewildered.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śokākula (शोकाकुल):—[from śoka] mfn. overwhelmed or overcome, with s°, [Nalopākhyāna]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śokākula (शोकाकुल):—[śokā+kula] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Distressed.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Śokākula (शोकाकुल) [Also spelled shokakul]:—(a) overwhelmed by sorrow.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śōkākula (ಶೋಕಾಕುಲ):—[noun] a man undergoing deep anguish, affliction or grief.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shoka, Akula, Coka.

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