Drigjya, ṛg, Drish-jya, Drik-jya: 7 definitions
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Drigjya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term ṛg can be transliterated into English as Drgjya or Drigjya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Termsṛg (दृग्ज्या).—R sine of Meridian zenith distance or simply, the R sine of the zenith distance. Note: Dṛ�- is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
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ṛg (दृग्ज्या).—R sine of the zenith distance in any position. Note: Dṛk- is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydṛg (दृग्ज्या).—f S The sine of the zenith-distance.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishdṛg (दृग्ज्या).�f The sine of the zenith-distance.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṛg (दृग्ज्या).—the sine of the zenith-distance.
ṛg is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṛ� and (ज्या).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṛg (दृग्ज्या):—[=dṛg-] [from dṛg > ṛ�] f. the sine of the zenith distance or the cosine of the altitude, [Sūryasiddhānta]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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