Rajamriganka, Rājamṛgāṅka, Rajan-mriganka: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Rājamṛgāṅka can be transliterated into English as Rajamrganka or Rajamriganka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraRājamṛgāṅka (राजमृगाङ्क) or Rājamṛgāṅkarasa is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fifth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, Rajayakshma: phthisis). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, since it is an ayurveda treatment it should be taken with caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.
Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., rājamṛgāṅka-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: archive.org: Bharatiya vastu-sastra (Astronomy)Rājamṛgāṅka (राजमृगाङ्क) (dealing with Astronomy) refers to one of the works ascribed to King Bhoja, according to Bisheshwar Nath Reu.—King Bhoja of Dhārā, one of the greatest rulers of India, ruled from 1018 to 1060 A.D. He was great in the art of Government and war, but still greater in the art of peace. He had earned immortal fame as a great patron of poets and men of letters and a mass of legends has grown about his name. He is reported to be the author of more than three dozen works [i.e., Rājamṛgāṅka]. [...] Śrī Viśveśvara Nātha Reu has laboured very hard in his treatise on ‘Rājā Bhoja’ (publsihed by Hindustani Academy) in collecting all the available material on the subject to give an account of the life and works of Bhoja. He has given a list of the following thirty-four books ascribed to Rājā Bhoja of Dhārā [i.e., Rājamṛgāṅka]
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRājamṛgāṅka (राजमृगाङ्क).—(in music) a kind of measure.
Derivable forms: rājamṛgāṅkaḥ (राजमृगाङ्कः).
Rājamṛgāṅka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājan and mṛgāṅka (मृगाङ्क). See also (synonyms): rājamārtaṇḍa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumRājamṛgāṅka (राजमृगाङ्क) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. by Bhojadeva. Kh. 90. P. 15. Quoted by Mallinātha Oxf. 113^b.
—med. by Bhojadeva. Burnell. 69^a.
1) Rājamṛgāṅka (राजमृगाङ्क):—[=rāja-mṛgāṅka] [from rāja > rāj] m. (in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a [particular] medicinal compound, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
3) [v.s. ...] of an astronomical and of a medical work, [Catalogue(s)]
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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: Mriganka, Rajan, Raja.
Starts with: Rajamrigankasarini.
Ends with: Navaratnarajamriganka.
Full-text: Rajamartanda, Bhojadeva, Bhojaraja.
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