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Shulba, Śܱ: 8 definitions

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Shulba 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.

The Sanskrit term Śܱ can be transliterated into English as Sulba or Shulba, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Śܱ (शुल्�) refers to a “copper pot�, according to Lalla’s Śiṣyadhīvṛddhidatantra (Part I, 21, Yantrdhikra, 34-35).�(Cf. Astronomical instruments in Bhskarcrya’s Siddhntaśiromaṇi).—Accordingly, “The bowl, which resembles half a pot (i.e. hemispherical), which is made of ten palas of copper [i.e., śܱ], which is half a cubit (i.e. twelve ṅgܱ) in diameter at the mouth and half (i.e. six ṅgܱ) as high, which is evenly circular, and which is bored by a uniformly circular needle, made of three and one-third ṣa of gold and of four ṅgܱ in length, sinks into clear water in one ṭi (ḍ�)�.

: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Śܱ (शुल्�).—A measuring cord; ritual geometry for altar construction. Note: Śܱ is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

Jyotisha book cover
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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śܱ (शुल्�).—[śܱ-]

1) A rope, string; तत� मन्त्रबलाच्छुल्ब� तक्षके वज्रिण� करात� (tato mantrabalcchulbe takṣake vajriṇa� kart) Bm.1.194; शुल्वं सुतस्य � तु तत्तदमुष्य माति (śܱ� sutasya na tu tattadamuṣya mti) Bhgavata 2.7.3.

2) Copper.

3) A sacrificial rite or act.

4) The proximity of water, a place near it.

5) A rule, law, an institute.

-lv, -lvī See above.

Derivable forms: śܱm (शुल्बम�).

See also (synonyms): śܱ.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śܱ (शुल्�).—or śܱ, nt. or m. (Sanskrit Lex. id., according to [Boehtlingk and Roth] back-formation from śulbri, sulphur, but the latter is not explained; = Mhrṣṭrī suvva, said to be nt.), copper: tmraloha� ca śܱ� (Senart's plausible em. for supta� of mss.) ca Ѳ屹ٳ i.12.7 (verse); see also śaulbika.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śܱ (शुल्�).—[neuter] string, cord.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śܱ (शुल्�):—[from śܱ] (or śܱ) n. ([according to] to some also m. and or f(ī). ) a string, cord, rope, [???; Sūryasiddhnta; Bhgavata-purṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] a strip, [Bhvaprakśa]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Pariśiṣṭa, [Catalogue(s); cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.] also ‘copper�

4) [v.s. ...] ‘sacrificial act�

5) [v.s. ...] ‘conduct�

6) [v.s. ...] ‘vicinity of water�

7) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [Śaṃkarcrya]

[Sanskrit to German]

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śܱ (ಶುಲ್�):�

1) [noun] a string or rope.

2) [noun] copper.

3) [noun] a religious sacrifice.

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Sulba (ಸುಲ್�):—[noun] = ಸುಲ್� [sulva].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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