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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Mahākula (महाकुल) refers to “persons of great families”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 17) (“On planetary conjunctions—grahayuddha”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The conjunctions of the planets are of four sorts known technically as—1. Bheda,  2. Ullekha, 3. Aṃśumardana, 4. Asavya, according as the planets are more and more distant from each other, as stated by Parāśara and other Ṛṣis. [...] If the planets should be in Bheda conjuction there will be drought in the land; friends and persons of great families (mahākula) will turn into enemies;; [...]”.

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mahākula (महाकुल) [or महाकुलीन, mahākulīna].—a (S) Of great or noble family.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Māhākula (माहाकुल).—a. (-lī f.), [māhākulīna] a. (-nī f.)

1) Nobly born, of noble family, of illustrious descent.

See also (synonyms): māhākulīna.

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Mahākula (महाकुल).—a. of noble birth or descent, sprung from a noble family, nobly born.

-lam a noble birth or family, high descent.

Mahākula is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and kula (कुल). See also (synonyms): mahākulīna.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahākūla (महाकूल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Of a good family. E. See mahākula .

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Māhākula (माहाकुल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lī-laṃ) Of a respectable family. E. mahākula of respectable lineage, and aṇ aff. of descent; also with khañ aff., māhākulīna, or with kha mahākulīna .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Māhākula (माहाकुल).—i. e. mahā -kula + a, adj. Of a respectable family.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahākula (महाकुल).—1. [neuter] noble family.

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Mahākula (महाकुल).—2. [adjective] of noble family or race.

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

1) Mahākula (महाकुल):—[=mahā-kula] [from mahā > mah] n. a great or noble family, [Mahābhārata; Hitopadeśa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. being of a gr° or n° f°, high-born, [Ṛg-veda; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra] etc.

3) Mahākūla (महाकूल):—[=mahā-kūla] [from mahā > mah] mf(ā)n. having high banks, [Nirukta, by Yāska]

4) [v.s. ...] high-born (= -kula), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Māhākula (माहाकुल):—[=māhā-kula] [from māhā] mfn. ([from] mahā-kula) nobly born, iv, 1, 114.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Mahākula (महाकुल):—[mahā+kula] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Eminent by birth.

2) Mahākūla (महाकूल):—[mahā-kūla] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Well born.

3) Māhākula (माहाकुल):—[māhā-kula] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Of a respectable lineage.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahakula 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: Maha, Kula.

Starts with: Mahakulapati.

Full-text: Mahakulina, Kulasamudbhava, Mahakulotpanna, Mahakulodbhava, Anula, Khan, Kula.

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