Vimshatigunja, 痴颈峁兣沘迟颈驳耻帽箩补, Vimshati-gunja: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 痴颈峁兣沘迟颈驳耻帽箩补 can be transliterated into English as Vimsatigunja or Vimshatigunja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)痴颈峁兣沘迟颈驳耻帽箩补 (啶掂た啶傕ざ啶むた啶椸啶炧啶�) refers to 鈥渁 measure of twenty 驳耻帽箩补蝉鈥�, according to K膩艣墨n膩tha Up膩dhye鈥檚 Dharmasindhu, a commentary on the R膩ma Daivaj帽a鈥檚 Muh奴rtacint膩ma峁噄 (an astrological work).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Thus it has has been said in the third Skandha of the sacred Bh膩gavata. Its meaning is [as follows]. Eighty 驳耻帽箩补蝉 make one 办补谤峁. The same has the designation of 蝉耻惫补谤峁嘺. Four 办补谤峁s are one pala. Thus, a vessel should be made of six palas of copper; it should be pierced at the base by means of a needle made of twenty 驳耻帽箩补蝉鈥� weight [i.e., 惫颈峁兣沘迟颈驳耻帽箩补-耻苍尘颈迟补] of gold and four 补峁単耻濒补蝉 in length. Through this perforation, by the time a prastha measure of water enters, that bowl sinks in the water, because of the prastha measure of water that filled it. Then that vessel becomes the standard measure for the period of one 驳丑补峁�. There the unit of one prastha contains sixteen palas. [...]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.
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Partial matches: Vimshati, Gunja.
Full-text: Vimshati, Shodashapala.
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