Shashisuta, 艢补艣颈蝉耻迟补, Shashin-suta: 4 definitions
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Shashisuta means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
The Sanskrit term 艢补艣颈蝉耻迟补 can be transliterated into English as Sasisuta or Shashisuta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira艢补艣颈蝉耻迟补 (啶多ざ啶苦じ啷佮い) refers to the 鈥渟ons of the moon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 are the sons of the moon [i.e., 艣补艣颈蝉耻迟补鈥�sut膩岣� 艣a艣ina岣�]; 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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Ma峁囜笉ala艢补艣颈蝉耻迟补 (啶多ざ啶苦じ啷佮い) refers to one of the eight direction-guardians (诲颈办辫腻濒补) of the 闯帽腻苍补肠补办谤补, according to the 10th century 岣屇乲腻谤峁嘺惫补 chapter 15. Accordingly, the 箩帽腻苍补肠补办谤补 refers to one of the three divisions of the sa峁僢hoga-pu峁璦 (鈥榚njoyment layer鈥�), situated in the 贬别谤耻办补尘补峁囜笉补濒补. 艢补艣颈蝉耻迟补 is associated with the charnel ground (艣尘补艣腻苍补) named Sarpada峁兣沘 and with the tree (惫峁沰峁) named El膩.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢补艣颈蝉耻迟补 (啶多ざ啶苦じ啷佮い):鈥擺=艣补艣颈-蝉耻迟补] [from 艣a艣i > 艣a艣] m. = -ja, [Var膩ha-mihira]
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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: Sasin, Shashi, Shashi, Shashi, Shashi, Saci, Suta, Sutta.
Full-text: Elaka, Ela, Sarpadamsha.
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