Yavanacarya, 驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补, Yavana-acarya: 8 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Yavanacarya.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasi峁僪a and the Early Transmission of T膩jika Astrology驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补 (啶さ啶ㄠぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�) is the name of an authority on the doctrine of T膩jika, according to the first chapter of the 贬腻测补苍补谤补迟苍补鈥攁 nibandha or meta-commentary drawing on many important expositions of T膩jika or Perso-Arabic astrology.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he word T膩jika denotes the treatise composed by 驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补 in the Persian language, comprising one area of astrology and having for its outcome the prediction of the various kinds of results of annual [horoscopy] and so on. That same treatise was rendered into the Sanskrit language by those born after him, Samarasi峁僪a and other Brahmans versed in grammar, and that [work], too, is denoted by the word T膩jika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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryyavan腻肠腻谤测补 (啶さ啶ㄠぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�).鈥攎 (S) A spiritual leader amongst Muhammadans; or any eminently learned man of that people. 2 A designation of a certain Brahman who, in order to obtain and to introduce amongst the Hindus the science of ramala, embraced Muhammadism.
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 dictionary驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补 (啶さ啶ㄠぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�).鈥攖he reputed author of astronomical book called T膩jak.
Derivable forms: 测补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补岣� (啶さ啶ㄠぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶).
驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yavana and 腻肠腻谤测补 (啶嗋啶距ぐ啷嵿く).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补 (啶さ啶ㄠぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�) or Yavan膩c膩ryya.鈥攎.
(-谤测补岣�) An astronomical writer, frequently quoted by Varaha-mihira, and other ancient Hindu astronomers: perhaps Ptolemy, or the Greek astronomers collectively. E. yavana a Yavana, and 腻肠腻谤测补 a holy teacher.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补 (啶さ啶ㄠぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擜峁ａ弓akavargabinduphala. T膩jika or T膩jika艣膩stra. M墨nar膩jaj膩taka. Yavanas膩ra. Yavanahor膩. Ramal膩m峁泃a. Lagnacandrik膩. V峁沝dhayavanaj膩taka. Str墨j膩taka.
鈥擲ee V峁沝dhayavan腻肠腻谤测补. Yavane艣vara is quoted by Bha峁弓otpala W. p. 252, by Ke艣av膩rka Oxf. 336^b, by Vi艣van膩tha Oxf. 338^a, in M膩rta峁囜笉acint膩ma峁噄峁玨膩.
驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补 has the following synonyms: Yavane艣vara.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补 (啶さ啶ㄠぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�):鈥擺from yavana] m. Name of an astronomer (also called Yavane艣vara, author of various works; perhaps any Greek astronomer), [Var膩ha-mihira [Scholiast or Commentator]]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary驰补惫补苍腻肠腻谤测补 (啶さ啶ㄠぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶�):鈥擺测补惫补苍腻+肠腻谤测补] (谤测测补岣�) 1. m. Any European astronomical writer.
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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.
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Partial matches: Acarya, Yavana, Acharya.
Full-text (+2): Yavaneshvara, Ashtakavargabinduphala, Yavanasara, Vriddha yavanesha, Tajikashastra, Vriddhayavana, Yavanacaryya, Strijataka, Vriddhayavanajataka, Tajika, Ramalamrita, Lagnacandrika, Parashi, Upanibaddha, Nanavidha, Shabdavacya, Nanavidhaphala, Samskritashabda, Adhita, Adasa.
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