Ghatacandra, ҳٲԻ, Ghata-candra: 4 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Ghatachandra.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 1 (1871) (jyo)ҳٲԻ (घातचन्द्�) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Śśܳ, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)� by Rajendralal Mitra (1822�1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.� The Śśܳ manuscript authored by Kṛṣṇarāma represents a primer on astrology, giving rules for calculation of nativities and most of the topics usually treated of in Indian astrological. It contains 2,457 śǰ첹.—The catalogue includes the term—ҳٲԻ� in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: ٲԻԾū貹ṇa�.

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 Dictionaryٲcandra (घातचंद्र).—m (S) The moon when she is in an inauspicious mansion.
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 dictionaryҳٲԻ (घातचन्द्�).—the moon when in an inauspicious mansion determined by one's natal zodiacal sign.
Derivable forms: ٲԻ� (घातचन्द्रः).
ҳٲԻ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ٲ and candra (चन्द्र).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryҳٲԻ (घातचन्द्�):—[=ٲ-candra] [from ٲ] m. the moon when in an inauspicious mansion, [Horace H. Wilson]
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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Partial matches: Candra, Ghata.
Full-text: Ghatacatushtaya.
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