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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Avanati (अवनति) refers to the “moon’s parallax (in latitude)”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The magnitude of the solar eclipse is determined by means of the moon’s parallax (in latitude) [i.e., avanati]; the points (on the disc) of the commencement and termination of the eclipse are determined by means of both parallax and angles; the times of the commencement and termination of the eclipse by means of the time of new moon”.

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Avanati (अवनति).—Moon's true latitude as corrected for parallax. Note: Avanati is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

avanati : (f.) stooping; bending.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Avanati, (-°) (f.) (fr. avanamati) stooping, bending, bowing down, humiliation Miln. 387 (unnat’âvanati). (Page 83)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

avanati (अवनति).—f Decay, deterioration.

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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

Avanati (अवनति).—f.

1) Bending, bowing down, stooping; अवनतिमवनेः (avanatimavaneḥ) Mu.1.2,3.8; Śiśupālavadha 9.8.

2) Declining in the west, setting; गतवत्यराजत जपाकुसुमस्तबकद्युतौ दिनकरेऽवनतिम् (gatavatyarājata japākusumastabakadyutau dinakare'vanatim) Śiśupālavadha 9.8.

3) A bow, prostration.

4) Bending (as a bow); धनुषामवनतिः (dhanuṣāmavanatiḥ) K. (where a° also means 'stoopng').

5) Modesty, absence of insolence, humility.

Derivable forms: avanatiḥ (अवनतिः).

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

Avanati (अवनति).—f.

(-tiḥ) 1. Bowing, stooping. 2. Setting. E. ava, and nati bowing.

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

Avanati (अवनति).—i. e. ava-nam + ti, f. Setting (of the sun), Śiś, 9, 8.

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

Avanati (अवनति).—[feminine] stooping, setting; humiliation.

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

1) Avanati (अवनति):—[=ava-nati] [from ava-nam] f. setting (of luminaries), [Śiśupāla-vadha ix, 8]

2) [v.s. ...] bowing down, stooping, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] parallax, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Sūryasiddhānta]

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

Avanati (अवनति):—[ava-nati] (tiḥ) 2. f. Bowing.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avanati 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

Avanati (ಅವನತಿ):—

1) [noun] the act of bowing down or prostrating.

2) [noun] a gesture of respect or reverence; obeisance.

3) [noun] a period of decline, as in morals, art, literature, general well being etc.; deterioration; decay; the state of distress.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Avaṉati (அவனதி) noun < ava-nati. (Astronomy) Moon's paralax in latitude; அக்ஷாம்சத்தினாலுண் டாம் சந்திர சலனம். [agshamsathinalun dam santhira salanam.] (W.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Avanati (अवनति):—n. decline; downfall;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Ava, Nati.

Starts with: Avanatita, Avanatiya.

Ends with: Araipavanati, Ariyavanati, Gaganavanati, Itapavanati, Padavanati, Pakavanati, Pavanati.

Full-text: Unnati, Nati.

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