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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Apāṇḍu (अपाण्डु).—A sage.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 196. 45.

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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 Varahamihira

Āpāṇḍu (आपाण्डु) refers to a “slightly-white-colored sun”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 3), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If in Śiśira (February, March) the sun be of copper colour or red black, if, in Vasanta (April, May), blue crimson, if, in Grīṣma (June, July), slightly white [i.e., āpāṇḍu] and of gold color, if, in Varṣā (August, September), white, if, in Śarada (October, November), of the colour of the centre of the lotus, if, in Hemanta (December, January), of blood color, mankind will be happy. If, in Varṣā (August, September), the rays of the sun be soft, mankind will be happy even though the sun should be of any of the colors mentioned above”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Āpāṇḍu (आपाण्डु).—[adjective] palish, yellowish; [abstract] tā [feminine]

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

Āpāṇḍu (आपाण्डु):—[=ā-pāṇḍu] mfn. slightly pale, palish, pale, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āpāṇḍu (आपाण्डु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āvaṃḍu.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apandu 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āpāṃḍu (ಆಪಾಂಡು):—

1) [adjective] of any of various shades of greyish-white or yellowish-white; off-white.

2) [adjective] dazzlingly white.

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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)

Partial matches: A, Pandu, Pantu.

Starts with: Apandura, Apanduri, Apanduribhu, Apanduta.

Ends with (+5): Alpagodapandu, Amalapandu, Anasapandu, Annasapandu, Avvapandu, Bilvapandu, Edapandu, Gairikodakapandu, Goyyapandu, Haritapandu, Nimmapandu, Parakkamapandu, Pittapantu, Prapandu, Pushpapandu, Samudrapandu, Seetapandu, Seethapandu, Sheshavistarapandu, Sitapandu.

Full-text: Apandura, Apanduta, Avamdu, Apanduribhu, Kaunteya, Pandusharmmila, Parshata, Parakkama, Kerala, Kulashekhara, Kittisirimegha.

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