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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: INSA Digital Repository: Determination of Ascensional Difference in the Lagnaprakarana

Dyujīvā (द्युजीवा) refers to the “day-radius”, according to verse 21 of the Lagnaprakaraṇa (lit. “treatise for the computation of the ascendant), an astronomical work in eight chapters dealing with the determination of the ascendant (udayalagna or orient ecliptic point).—Accordingly, “The square-root taken from—the square of the Rsine [of the Sun’s longitude] decreased by the square of [the Rsine of] the declination corresponding to the longitude—is the koṭi of this [declination] itself. Or, the last day-radius (antya-dyujīvā) multiplied by the Rsine [of the Sun’s longitude] and divided by the radius is the koṭi corresponding to this declination. Here, [scholars] state the square root taken from—its square increased by the square of the Rcosine [of the Sun’s longitude]—to be the day-radius (dyujīvā). The koṭi of the desired declination multiplied by the maximum ascensional difference and divided by the day-radius is the Rsine of the ascensional difference”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dyujīvā (द्युजीवा).—f S dyujyā f S The radius of a parallel of declination.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dyujīvā (द्युजीवा):—[=dyu-jīvā] [from dyu] ([Golādhyāya]) ([Sūryasiddhānta [Scholiast or Commentator]]) f. ‘sky. diameter’, the d° of a circle made by an asterism in its daily revolution.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dyujiva in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dyu, Jiva.

Ends with: Antyadyujiva.

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