Kumudopama, 碍耻尘耻诲辞辫补尘腻, Kumuda-upama: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraKumudopama (啶曕啶啶︵啶ぎ) refers to 鈥渢hat which resembles white jasmine鈥� and is used to describe certain Ketus (i.e., luminous bodies such as comets and meteors), according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he Ketus or comets that appear bright like the moon, silver, snow, white jasmine and the white water lily [i.e., 办耻尘耻诲辞辫补尘腻鈥�艣补艣颈办颈谤补峁嘺谤补箩补迟补丑颈尘补办耻尘耻诲补办耻苍诲补办耻蝉耻尘辞辫补尘腻岣�] are the sons of the moon; they appear in the north and are in number; when they appear mankind will be happy. A single comet possessing three tails and three colours is called Brahmada峁囜笉a (born of the creator); it appears anywhere; when it appears the world will come to an end. Thus have been stated briefly 101 Ketus and we will now proceed to state clearly the 1,000 Ketus already referred to鈥�.
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.
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