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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Bhabhrama (भभ्रम).—Revolutions of fixed stars. Note: Bha-bhrama 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhabhrama (भभ्रम).—a sidereal day.

Derivable forms: bhabhramaḥ (भभ्रमः).

Bhabhrama is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bha and bhrama (भ्रम).

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

Bhabhrama (भभ्रम):—[=bha-bhrama] [from bha] m. ‘star-revolution’, a sidereal day, [Gaṇitādhyāya]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhabhrama 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.

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Partial matches: Bha, Bhrama.

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