Yavanajataka, ³Û²¹±¹²¹²Ô²¹ÂáÄå³Ù²¹°ì²¹: 4 definitions
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Yavanajataka 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.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)³Û²¹±¹²¹²Ô²¹ÂáÄå³Ù²¹°ì²¹ (यवनजातà¤�) (lit, “Greek Genethlialogyâ€�) refers to the first Sanskrit text which describes Greek astrology in a systematic way.—The original text (now lost in Greek) was first translated into Sanskrit prose in A.D. 149/150 and it was versified in A.D. 269/270 by one Sphujidhvaja. The prose version is no longer extant. Sphujidhvaja enumerates seven planets on many occasions, but it is only toward the end of the work (chapter 77) that the weekday order is attested. This order does not seem to have been widespread in that period in India. Neither RÄhu nor Ketu appears in the ³Û²¹±¹²¹²Ô²¹ÂáÄå³Ù²¹°ì²¹.

Jyotisha (जà¥à¤¯à¥‹à¤¤à¤¿à¤�, Âá²â´Ç³Ù¾±á¹£a or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomyâ€� or “Vedic astrologyâ€� 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) ³Û²¹±¹²¹²Ô²¹ÂáÄå³Ù²¹°ì²¹ (यवनजातà¤�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. L. 1949 (StrÄ«jÄtaka). B. 4, 182. Ben. 31. Pheh. 7. ¸éÄå»å³ó. 35. Bhr. 349. Rice. 34.
—by Vá¹›ddhayavanÄcÄrya. L. 2452. Oudh. Viii, 16. Xvi, 76. Xviii, 38. Oppert. Ii, 1993. See Vá¹›ddhayavanajÄtaka.
2) ³Û²¹±¹²¹²Ô²¹ÂáÄå³Ù²¹°ì²¹ (यवनजातà¤�):—by JñÄnarÄja. Quoted by DivÄkara in Prauá¸hamanoramÄ.
3) ³Û²¹±¹²¹²Ô²¹ÂáÄå³Ù²¹°ì²¹ (यवनजातà¤�):—jy. by Vá¹›ddhayavanÄcÄrya. Io. 2520 ([fragmentary]). L. 2452 (StrÄ«jÄtaka).
4) ³Û²¹±¹²¹²Ô²¹ÂáÄå³Ù²¹°ì²¹ (यवनजातà¤�):—by YavaneÅ›vara. Rep. p. 8.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary³Û²¹±¹²¹²Ô²¹ÂáÄå³Ù²¹°ì²¹ (यवनजातà¤�):—[=²â²¹±¹²¹²Ô²¹-ÂáÄå³Ù²¹°ì²¹] [from yavana] n. Name of [work]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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)
Partial matches: Jataka, Yavana.
Full-text: Vriddhayavanajataka, Sphujidhvaja, Vriddhayavana acarya, Jnanaraja, Jnanadhiraja, Jataka, Minarajajataka, Drekkana.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
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History of Science in South Asia
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