# सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti)

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सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti) is a Sanskrit word meaning union or meeting together, transferring to a picture, image, or reflection, the passage of the sun or a planet into a new zodiac sign, movement in general, reflection or imitation, passage of the sun from one sign of the zodiac to another.

- **Etymology:** E. सम् before क्रम् to go, aff. क्तिन् । — E. sam before kram to go, aff. ktin
- **SLP1:** `saNkrAnti`  **IAST:** saṅkrānti  **Devanagari:** सङ्क्रान्ति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankranti
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sankranti/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Passage, Transition, and Related Meanings (including Astronomical) (4 definitions)
- 1. The passage of the sun or a planet into a new zodiac sign. 2. Progression from one place, time, or life condition to another. 3. Movement in general. 4. Reflection or imitation.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti) [Printed book page 880 ] सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti) f. ( - न्तिः (-ntiḥ) ) 1 The actual passage of the sun or other planetary bodies from one sign of the zodiac into another. 2 Passage in general, proceeding from one time or condition of life to another, from one place to another, &c. 3 Going, proceeding in general. 4 Imitation, reflexion. E. सम् (sam) before क्रम (krama) to go, aff. क्तिन् (ktin). [ ID=39936 ]
- 1. Passage of the sun from one sign of the zodiac to another. 2. Passing on. 3. A mental process.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti) [Printed book page 800-b ] स - ङ्क्रान्ति (sa-ṅkrānti) ( न्तिः ) ((ntiḥ)) 2. f. Passage of the sun, &c. from one sign to another; passing on; mental process. [ ID=39614 ]
- 1. The passage of the sun or other planets from one zodiac sign to another. 2. Transition or passage from one state, time, or place to another. 3. Movement or proceeding. 4. Union or meeting together. 5. Transference or imparting. 6. The power of teaching. 7. Imitation or reflection.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti) [Printed book page 750-a ] सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti) f. ( - न्तिः (-ntiḥ) ) 1. The actual passage of the sun or other planetary bodies from one sign of the zodiac into another. 2. Passage in general, proceeding from one time or condition or life to another, from one place to another, &c. 3. Going, proceeding in general. 4. Meeting together, union. 5. Transference, imparting. 6. The power of teaching or transference. 7. Imitation, reflection. E. सम् (sam) before क्रम् (kram) to go, aff. क्तिन् । (ktin.) [ ID=41916 ]
- 1. Union or meeting together. 2. Passage, progression, or moving from one place, state, or zodiac sign to another. 3. Transferring to a picture, image, or reflection.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti) [Printed book page 1046-b ] Saṅ-krānti, is, f. going or meeting together, union; going from one place to another, proceeding, procession, passage, proceeding from one condition of life to another; passage of the sun or planetary bodies from one sign into another, ( kūṭa-s°, the sun's entrance into another zodiacal sign after mid- night); transferring to a picture, image, reflection. —Saṅkrānti-cakra, am, n. an astrological diagram marked with the Nakṣatras and used for foretelling good or bad fortune. [ ID=48464 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); 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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