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sankat

संकट
Sanskrit

Difficulties, troubles, distress

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Meaning

Sankat refers to difficulties, troubles, or distress. In dance lyrics, it typically appears in devotional contexts where a dancer or devotee appeals to a deity to alleviate or destroy these hardships. It is often paired with words like 'taap' (sorrows), highlighting a comprehensive plea for relief from suffering.

In the songs

  • Taap sankat harana aayo

    You have come to destroy sorrows and difficulties

    Thillana - Dhanashree · Swati Tirunal

  • Taap sankat harana aayo

    You have come to destroy sorrows and difficulties

    Thillana - Dhanashree · Swati Tirunal

  • taap sankat harana aayo

    You have come to destroy sorrows and difficulties

    Tillana (Dhanashree) · Swati Tirunal

  • taap sankat harana aayo

    You have come to destroy sorrows and difficulties

    Tillana (Dhanashree) · Swati Tirunal

Songs with this word

From the lyrics we hold — 2 songs.

  • Thillana - Dhanashree

    Swati Tirunal

    appears in 2 lines

  • Tillana (Dhanashree)

    Swati Tirunal

    appears in 2 lines

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