saMkaraH 1 Commingling, mixture, intermixture; patrasaMkara Ś. 2. 2 Blending together, union. 3 Confusion or mixture (of castes), unlawful intermarriage resulting in mixed castes; citrezu varRasaMkaraH K. ; saMkaro narakAyEva kulaGnAnAM kulasya ca Bg. 1. 42 ; Ms. 10. 40. 4 (In Rhet. ) The combination of two or more dependent figures of speech in one and the same passage ( opp. saMsfzwi where the figures are independent ); aviSrAMtijuzAmAtmanyaMgAMgitve tu sakaraH K. P. 10 ; or aMgAgitve' laMkftInAM tadvadekASrayasTitO . saMdigDatve ca ( pb ) Bavati saMkarastriviDaH punaH S. D. 757. 5 The crackling of flames. 6 Dust, sweepings.