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Tryamsha, հⲹṃśa, Tri-amsha: 13 definitions

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Tryamsha 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 հⲹṃśa can be transliterated into English as Tryamsa or Tryamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Tryamsha in Jyotisha glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�) refers to a “third part (of the sky)�, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Samvarta Ketu is a comet which appears in the west in the evening with a tail of the colour of smoke and copper, extending to a third of the sky [i.e., ⲹ-ٰⲹṃśa] and resembling the sharp end of a dagger; it is fearful to look at. Princes will suffer in wars for as many years as the number of hours for which it continues to be visible. Those persons will also suffer in the star of whose nativity the comet appears�.

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

հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�) refers to “one-third� [?], according to Lalla’s Śiṣyadhīvṛddhidatantra (Part I, 21, Yantrādhikāra, 34-35).�(Cf. Astronomical instruments in Bhāskarācārya’s Siddhāntaśiromaṇi).—Accordingly, “The bowl, which resembles half a pot (i.e. hemispherical), which is made of ten palas of copper, 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 [i.e., ٰⲹṃśasaٰⲹṃśamāṣakatrayakṛtanalayā] and of four ṅgܱ in length, sinks into clear water in one ṭi (ḍ�)�.

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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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Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�) or Tri岵 refers to “three-parts� (i.e., one-third) in Bhinna (“fractions�) and Bhāga (“unit fractions�), which refers to one of the twenty operations (logistics) of ṭīgṇiٲ (“science of calculation which requires the use of writing material—the board�), according to Pṛthudakasvāmī’s commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta, a Sanskrit treatise on ancient Indian mathematics (ṇiٲ-śٰ) and astronomy from the 7th century.—In the Śulba, unit fractions are denoted by the use of a cardinal number with the term or ṃśa; thus pañcadaśa-岵 (“fifteen-parts�) is equivalent to one-fifteenth, sapta-岵 (“seven-parts�) is equivalent to one-seventh, and so on [e.g., ٰⲹṃśa].

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Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Tryamsha in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�).�

1) a three-fold share; त्र्यंशं दायाद्धरेद्विप्र� (ٰⲹṃśa� dāyāddharedvipra�) Manusmṛti 9.151.

2) a third part.

3) three-fourths.

Derivable forms: ٰⲹṃśa� (त्र्यंशः).

հⲹṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and ṃśa (अं�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�).—m.

(-ś�) Three-fourths, three shares. E. tri, and ṃśa part.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�).�(m.) sing. three shares, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 9, 151.

հⲹṃśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and ṃśa (अं�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�).—[masculine] three portions or shares; adj. having three shares.

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

1) հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�):—[=try-ṃśa] [from try] m. sg. 3 shares, [Manu-smṛti ix, 151]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. having 3 shares, [Jyotiṣa [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a 3rd part, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Laghujātaka, by Varāha-mihira]

4) [v.s. ...] m. the 3rd part of a zodiacal sign (= ṛkṇa), [xii, 2 ff.] and, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka xxiii, 14 f.] (also m. ‘the regent of a Dṛkāṇa�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�):�(ś�) 1. m. Three fourths.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

հⲹṃśa (त्र्यं�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ղṃs.

[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

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Tryamsha in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

հⲹṃśa (ತ್ರ್ಯಂ�):—[noun] any of the three equal parts of something; a third.

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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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