Prashnatantra, 笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补, Prashna-tantra: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补 can be transliterated into English as Prasnatantra or Prashnatantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补 (啶啶班ざ啷嵿え啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ) refers to the second volume of the T膩jikan墨laka峁囜弓h墨 (authored by N墨laka峁囜弓ha Daivaj帽a in 1587)鈥攁 most popular textbook dealing with the T膩jika doctrine: a Sanskritized version of Perso-Arabic astrology sharing a core of pre-Islamic Indian 箩测辞迟颈峁 and Hellenistic astrology.鈥擳he work consists of three volumens: Sa峁僯帽膩tantra (basic principles and terminology), Var峁tantra (annual prognostication) and the received text of the 笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补 (interrogations).
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
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补 (啶啶班ざ啷嵿え啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攋y. Np. I, 146.
鈥攂y Cint膩ma峁噄 Pa峁囜笉ita. Oudh. Xi, 10. H. 302 (Ramala艣膩stra).
鈥攂y N墨laka峁囜弓ha. Bik. 328. See Pra艣nan墨laka峁囜弓ha, and Pra艣nakaumud墨.
2) 笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补 (啶啶班ざ啷嵿え啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ):鈥攂y Cint膩ma峁噄. [Bhau D膩ji Memorial] 11. 16 (Ramala艣膩stra).
3) 笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补 (啶啶班ざ啷嵿え啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ):鈥攂y Cint膩ma峁噄 Pa峁囜笉ita. Ulwar 1849. Extr. 518.
4) 笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补 (啶啶班ざ啷嵿え啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ):鈥攂y N墨laka峁囜弓ha, son of Ananta. L.. 1132. 1133.
笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补 has the following synonyms: Pra艣nakaumud墨.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔谤补艣苍补迟补苍迟谤补 (啶啶班ざ啷嵿え啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ):鈥擺=辫谤补艣苍补-迟补苍迟谤补] [from 辫谤补艣苍补] n. Name of [work]
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: Prashna, Tantra.
Full-text: Ramalaprashnatantra, Prashnanilakantha, Prashnakaumudi, Prashnakalpalata, Ramalashastra, Tajikanilakanthi, Varshatantra, Samjnatantra, Talpagirimahatmya, Nilakantha, Cintamani.
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