Sanskrit

Noun

संक्रमण • ‎(saṃkramaṇa) n

1. going or meeting together, union with, entrance into, transference to (loc. dat., or comp.).
2. entrance appearance, commencement (esp. of old age).
3. the sun's passage from one sign of the zodiac to another (also रवि or सूर्य-स्°).
4. the day on which the sun's progress north of the equator begins.
5. passage into another world, decease death.
6. a means of crossing.
7. (in alg.) concurrence (said to be a general designation of a partic. class of problems).