Alternative spellings of this word include Bhuchhaya.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Bhūcchāyā (भूच्छाया) refers to the “shadow of the earth”, 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, “[...] If, as some say, there be two Rāhus, when the moon is eclipsed by one of them at rising or setting how comes it we see the sun in the opposite point uneclipsed by the other Rāhu of equal motion? The truth is that in her own eclipse, the moon enters the shadow of the earth [i.e., bhūcchāyā], and in that of the sun, the solar disc. Hence, the lunar eclipse does not commence at the western limb nor the solar at the eastern limb. Just as the shadow of a tree neither continues in the same direction nor of the same length, so changes the shadow of the earth, night after night owing to the revolution of the sun”.

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Bhūcchāyā (भूच्छाया).—Earth's shadow. Note: Bhūcchāyā 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

Bhūchāyā (भूछाया) or Bhūchāya (भूछाय).—

1) earth's shadow (vulgarly called Rāhu).

2) darkness.

Derivable forms: , bhūchāyam (भूछायम्).

Bhūchāyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhū and chāyā (छाया). See also (synonyms): bhūcaryā.

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

Bhūcchāyā (भूच्छाया).—f.

(-yā) 1. The shadow of the earth, popularly called Rahu. 2. Darkness. E. bhū the earth, and chāyā shade.

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

1) Bhūchāya (भूछाय):—[=bhū-chāya] n. ‘earth-shadow’, darkness, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Bhūchāyā (भूछाया):—[=bhū-chāyā] f. ‘earth-shadow’, darkness, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Bhūcchāyā (भूच्छाया):—(yā) 1. f. Darkness.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhucchaya 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

Bhūcchāya (ಭೂಚ್ಛಾಯ):—

1) [noun] darkness; lack of light.

2) [noun] the shadow of the earth.

3) [noun] Rāhu, the mythological serpent demon and one of the nine astrological planets.

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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.

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Partial matches: Chaya, Bhu.

Full-text: Bhucchaye, Bhucarya.

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