Adhimasa, Adhimāsa: 14 definitions
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Adhimasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 Adhimas.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationAdhimāsa (अधिमास) refers to the “intercalary month” (and is mentioned as the foremost among the Months), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.2 (“The Prayer of the gods).—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Śiva: “[...] Among the Gandharvas you are Citraratha; among the Vasus you are certainly the fire; among the months you are the intercalary month (adhimāsa); among the holy rites you are the Caturdaśī rite. Among all lordly elephants you are Airāvata; among all Siddhas you are Kapila; among all serpents you are Ananta, among all Pitṛs you are Aryaman. [...]”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexAdhimāsa (अधिमास).—The intercalary month;1 fit for piṇḍa at Gayā.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraAdhimāsa (अधिमास) refers to “intercalary lunations”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “We shall now proceed to give a brief description of (the qualifications of) a jyotiṣaka. [...] He must have a clear knowledge of the causes of Solar, Savana, Siderial and Lunar months as well as of intercalary lunations [i.e., adhimāsa] and intercalary days. He must have a knowledge of the beginning and end of Śaṣṭyābda (a cycle of 60 years) [Ṣaṣṭyabda?], a Yuga (5 years), Varṣa (a year), Māsa (a month), Thina (a day) and Horā (an hour) and of their lords”.
Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical TermsAdhimāsa (अधिमास).—(or adhimāsaka) Intercalary month; the intercalary months denote the excess the lunar (synodic) months over the solar months and thus the intercalary months in a yuga are the lunar months minus the solar months in the yuga. Note: Adhimāsa is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
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 Dictionaryadhimāsa (अधिमास).—m S See the popular word adhikamāsa.
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 dictionaryAdhimāsa (अधिमास).—[adhiko ravimāsāt atiriktaḥ śuklapratipadādidarśāntaścāndro māsaḥ] An intercalary (lunar) month.
Derivable forms: adhimāsaḥ (अधिमासः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhimāsa (अधिमास).—m.
(-saḥ) An intercalary month, formed of the aggregate days omitted in reckoning the lunar year. E. adhi, and māsa a month.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhimāsa (अधिमास):—[=adhi-māsa] m. an additional or intercalary month.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhimāsa (अधिमास):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-saḥ) An intercalary month, formed of the aggregate days omitted in reckoning the lunar year, in comparison with the solar. See also adhikamāsa. E. adhi and māsa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhimāsa (अधिमास):—[adhi-māsa] (saḥ) 1. m. An intercalary month.
[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 dictionaryAdhimāsa (अधिमास) [Also spelled adhimas]:—(nm) a leap month.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAdhimāsa (ಅಧಿಮಾಸ):—[noun] an extra month added to the lunar year approximately once in 3 years to synchronise it with the solar year; an intercalated month.
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: Adhimasadinirnaya, Adhimasaga, Adhimasaka, Adhimasamahatmya, Adhimasanirnaya, Adhimasashesha.
Full-text: Adhikamasa, Adhimasashesha, Adhimas, Adhimasaka, Jayasharman.
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Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations (by Radhakrishnan. P)
5. Chandramasa and Seasons < [Chapter 5 - Adoration of the Sun and Moon]
1. Assumptions of Vedakala < [Chapter 5 - Adoration of the Sun and Moon]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 60 - The Importance of the Intercalary Month < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 61 - The Greatness of the Intercalary Month < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 206 - Procedure for Performing Śrāddha < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Karmic Astrology—a Study (by Sunita Anant Chavan)
Part 4.2 - Jyotiḥśāstra in the Vedāṅga Period < [Chapter 3 - Development of Jyotiḥśāstra and Karman in the Literature]
Part 2.4 - Correlation of Jyotiṣa and Karma in the Brāhmaṇa Period < [Chapter 3 - Development of Jyotiḥśāstra and Karman in the Literature]
Part 1.2 - Jyotiḥśāstra in the Saṃhitā Period < [Chapter 3 - Development of Jyotiḥśāstra and Karman in the Literature]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
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