# द्रेक्काण (drekkāṇa)

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द्रेक्काण (drekkāṇa) is a Sanskrit word meaning drekkana or drekkana or dreshkana, the regent of one-third of a planetary sign, the third part of a zodiac sign.

- **SLP1:** `drekkARa`  **IAST:** drekkāṇa  **Devanagari:** द्रेक्काण
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drekkana
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/drekkana/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Astrological concept: Decan/Drekkana (4 definitions)
- drekkana or drekkana or dreshkana  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 502,3] द्रेक्क (drekka) or द्रेक्क (drekka) ाण (drekkāṇa) or द्रेष्काण (dreṣkāṇa) = दृकान (dṛkāna), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=97996.1 ]
- The regent of one-third of a planetary sign  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > द्रेक्काण (drekkāṇa) [Printed book page 430 ] द्रेक्काण (drekkāṇa) m. ( - णः (-ṇaḥ) ) The regent of one-third of a planetary sign, the Decanus of European astrology, whence the word is probably derived. [ ID=20028 ]
- the third part of a zodiac sign  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > द्रेक्काण (drekkāṇa) [Printed book page 384-a ] द्रेक्काण (drekkāṇa) ( णः ) ((ṇaḥ)) 1. m. Idem. [ ID=19513 ]
- The regent of one-third of a planetary sign  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > द्रेक्काण (drekkāṇa) [Printed book page 358-b ] द्रेक्काण (drekkāṇa) m. ( - णः (-ṇaḥ) ) The regent of one-third of a planetary sign, the Decanus of European astrology, whence the word is probably derived. [ ID=20014 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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