Bhacakra, Bha-cakra: 8 definitions
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Bhacakra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Bhachakra.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
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.
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
bhacakra (भचक्र).—n (S) The zodiac: also the whole body of constellations or asterisms, or the stellar sphere altogether.
bhacakra (भचक्र).—n The zodiac.
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
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.
Bhacakra (भचक्र):—[=bha-cakra] [from bha] n. the whole multitude of stars or asterisms, [ib.; Varāha-mihira]
Bhacakra (भचक्र):—(1. bha + cakra) n. = bhagaṇa [Sūryasiddhānta 1. 68. 2, 46. 3, 51. 11, 6. 12, 72. 14, 7.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 47, 15.] Vgl. bhānāṃ cakram [Sūryasiddhānta 3, 9.]
Bhacakra (भचक्र):—n. = bhagaṇa 1).
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
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.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Bhacakranabhi.
Full-text: Bhacakranabhi, Bhamandala, Bhapanjara, Dhruvamatsya.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 198 < [Volume 5 (1879)]
Indian Astronomy (a source book) (by B. V. Subbarayappa)
History of Science in South Asia
Sanskrit Recension of Persian Astronomy < [Vol. 10 (2022)]
Persian Astronomy in Sanskrit < [Vol. 9 (2021)]
Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 54 - Mathematics and Astronomy (Gaṇita / Jyotiṣa) < [Part 2 - Pūrva-bhāga: Dvitīya-pāda]
Abhijnana Shakuntalam (Sanskrit and English) (by Saradaranjan Ray)
Chapter 7 - Saptama-anka (saptamo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Shakuntalam (text, translation, notes)]
Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
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