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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Askanna (अस्कन्न).—a.

1) Not split. अस्कन्नमद्य देवेभ्यऽआज्यं (askannamadya devebhya'ājyaṃ) Vāj.2.8.

2) Not poured out or effused.

3) Not sprinkled, not covered (as a cow).

4) Permanent, durable.

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

Askanna (अस्कन्न).—[adjective] unspilt.

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

1) Askanna (अस्कन्न):—[=a-skanna] [from a-skanda] mfn. not spilt (as an oblation), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā ii, 8; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata xii, 2318]

2) [v.s. ...] not covered (as a cow), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]

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

Askanna (अस्कन्न):—[a-skanna] (nnaḥ-nnā-nnaṃ) a. Durable.

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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.

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Partial matches: Skanna, A.

Starts with: Askannatva.

Ends with: Avaskanna, Praskanna, Samaskanna, Upaskanna.

Full-text: Askannatva.

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Section LX < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]

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