शकुन्त

{ śakuntḥ, śakunta }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚAKUNTA   A son of Viśvāmitra. He was a Vedāntin. [M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 50] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : नीलकंठ, शकुंत, शकुंत, शकुंत, शकुंत

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

शकुन्त n.  विश्वामित्र ऋषि के ब्रह्मवादी पुत्रों में से एक [म. अनु. ४.५०] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शकुन्त  m.  m. a bird, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a partic. bird of prey, [BhP.]
a blue jay, [L.]
a sort of insect, [L.]
N. of a son of विश्वामित्र, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शकुन्तः [śakuntḥ]   [शक्-अन्त]
A bird in general; अंसव्यापि- शकुन्तनीडनिचितं विभ्रज्जटामण्डलम् [Ś.7.11.]
The blue jay.
A kind of bird.
A sort of insect.

Shabda-Sagara

शकुन्त  m.  ( -न्तः)
1. A bird.
2. A kind of bird, the Indian valture.
3. Another sort of bird, described as of aquatic habits, perhaps a kind of maritime or fishing-falcon.
4. A sort of insect.
5. The blue-jay.
E. शक् to be able, उन्त Unādi aff.; also शकुन, &c.

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शक् उन्त शकुन