Alternative spellings of this word include Bhachakra.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Bhacakra (भचक्र).—Circle of the asterisms. Note: Bha-cakra 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bhacakra (भचक्र).—n (S) The zodiac: also the whole body of constellations or asterisms, or the stellar sphere altogether.

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

bhacakra (भचक्र).—n The zodiac.

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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

Bhacakra (भचक्र).—the zodiac. °nābhiḥ the centre of the zodiac.

Derivable forms: bhacakram (भचक्रम्).

Bhacakra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bha and cakra (चक्र). See also (synonyms): bhapañjara, bhamaṇḍala.

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

Bhacakra (भचक्र):—[=bha-cakra] [from bha] n. the whole multitude of stars or asterisms, [ib.; Varāha-mihira]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhacakra 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

Bhacakra (ಭಚಕ್ರ):—[noun] an imaginary belt in the heavens extending for about eight degrees on either side of the apparent path of the sun and including the paths of the moon and the principal planets, which is divided into twelve equal parts or signs, each named for a different constellation; the zodiac.

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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: Cakra, Bha.

Starts with: Bhacakranabhi.

Ends with: Dimbhacakra, Kumbhacakra, Prabhacakra.

Full-text: Bhamandala, Bhacakranabhi, Bhapanjara, Dhruvamatsya.

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