Budhavara, Budhavāra, Budha-vara: 13 definitions
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Budhavara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Budhvar.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: JyotiṣaBudhavāra (बुधवार) refers to “wednesday”. The corresponding planet is budha (mercury; literal translation: ‘awakening’, ‘intelligent’ etc). It is one of the seven days of the week (vāra). The term is used throughout Jyotiṣa literature.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa 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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd EditionBudhavāra (बुधवार) refers to “Wednesday” and represents the first “day of the week” (vāra).—In accordance with the day of the week, one would utter, for example, budha-vārānvitāyāṃ.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybudhavāra : (m.) Wednesday.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybudhavāra (बुधवार).—m (S Day of Mercury.) Wednesday. Pr. navaṛyāsa nāhīṃ thāṅga budhavāracēṃ lagna.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbudhavāra (बुधवार).—m Wednesday.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBudhavāra (बुधवार).—Wednesday.
Derivable forms: budhavāraḥ (बुधवारः).
Budhavāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms budha and vāra (वार). See also (synonyms): budhadina, budhavāsara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBudhavāra (बुधवार).—m.
(-raḥ) Wednesday, E. budh Mercury, and vāra a day.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBudhavāra (बुधवार):—[=budha-vāra] [from budha > budh] m. = -dina, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBudhavāra (बुधवार):—[budha-vāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Wednesday.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryBudhavāra (बुधवार) [Also spelled budhvar]:—(nm) Wednesday; also ~[vāsara].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBudhavāra (ಬುಧವಾರ):—[noun] the fourth day of the week; Wednesday.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Budhavaranem.
Ends with: Budibudhavara.
Full-text: Vara, Buudhvaar, Budhvar, Kulavara, Budha, Budhavasara, Budhadina, Budhavaranem.
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