Khattakhutta, Khatta-khutta: 2 definitions
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Khattakhutta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasi峁僪a and the Early Transmission of T膩jika AstrologyKhattakhutta (啶栢い啷嵿い啶栢啶む啶�) refers to the 鈥減lanet having authority over the 丑颈濒濒腻箩补鈥�, as discussed in the ninth chapter of the 碍补谤尘补辫谤补办腻艣补鈥攐ne of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (T膩jika) astrology authored by Samarasi峁僪a in the 13th century.鈥擟hapter 9 (腻测耻谤诲腻测补-补诲丑颈办腻谤补) is a faithful if condensed rendering of Ab奴 Bakr鈥檚 version of longevity procedures based on the 峒�蠁苇蟿畏蟼 or, to use the term most common in western literature since medieval times, the hyleg. [...] As in Ab奴 Bakr, while the selection of the chief significator of life or 丑颈濒濒腻箩补 (Arabic 丑墨濒腻箩, from Persian 丑墨濒腻驳), is explained in some detail in the 碍补谤尘补辫谤补办腻艣补, there is no mathematical elucidation on calculating its directed motion (峒勏單迪兾瓜�) to the killing points. [...] We find the important term khattakhutta (via Ar. 办补诲办丑耻诲腻丑 from Middle Persian, translating 慰峒拔何课次迪兿�蠈蟿畏蟼), designating the planet having authority over the 丑颈濒濒腻箩补 and determining the approximate years of life allotted to the native. [...]
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� 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
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKhattakhutta (啶栢い啷嵿い啶栢啶む啶�):鈥擺=khatta-khutta] [from khatta] m. idem
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Khutta, Khatta.
Full-text: Khatta, Hillaja, Ayurdayadhikara.
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Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology (by Martin Gansten)
6.2. Pseudepigraphic Works Cited < [Introduction]
2. The T膩jika Teaching: Lawful and Useful < [Chapter 1 - Fundamentals of Astrology and the Annual Revolution]
2. Arabic Sources and Early Reception < [Introduction]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)