Navatara: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Navatara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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)
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (astronomy)Navat膩ra (啶ㄠさ啶むぞ啶�) refers to the 鈥渘ine stars鈥�, according to the B膩ra-r膩艣墨 (dealing with astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.鈥擳he Tanjore manuscript connects the syllables with the nine stars (苍补惫补迟腻谤补) and ends with the title 箩测辞迟颈艣艣腻蝉迟谤补肠奴肠别肠辞濒腻诲颈办奴峁璦艣濒辞办腻岣�, described as 鈥渧erses dealing with the symbols of the various stars鈥�. Extracts from the Tanjore manuscript show that the text has some syntactically connected sentences in Sanskrit (e.g., n峁沺abhaya峁� kurute navama岣� 艣a艣墨). [...]
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
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynavatara (啶ㄠさ啶むぐ) [or 啶ㄠさ啷囙い啶�, nav膿tara].鈥攁 Recent or late. 2 Also as ad Recently. See navathara.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnavatara (啶ㄠさ啶むぐ) [or nav膿tara, or 啶ㄠさ啷囙い啶癩.鈥�a See navathara.
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
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNavatara (啶ㄠさ啶むぐ):鈥擺=nava-tara] [from nava] (nava-) mfn. ([Comparative degree]) newer, younger, fresher, [艢atapatha-br膩hma峁嘺] (cf. 苍补惫墨测补蝉).
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)
Starts with: Navatara-bhumi, Navatarana, Navataranai, Navataranem.
Full-text: Navatara-bhumi, Theragatha, Nava.
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Search found 2 books and stories containing Navatara, Nava-tara; (plurals include: Navataras, taras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) (by Sadhu Gyanananddas)
7. Videhamukti (Introduction) < [Chapter 5 - Analysis on the basis of Soteriology]
7.3. The Body of a Mukta in Ak峁radh膩ma < [Chapter 5 - Analysis on the basis of Soteriology]
Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
13. Harikavi alias Bhanubhatta (a Court-Poet of King Sambhaji) < [Volume 3 (1956)]