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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Bhujājyā (भुजाज्या).—The R sine of bhuja (bhujā or bāhu). Note: Bhujājyā is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

Source: INSA Digital Repository: Determination of Ascensional Difference in the Lagnaprakarana

Bhujājyā (भुजाज्या) refers to the “Rsine (of the Sun’s longitude)”, according to verse 22 of the Lagnaprakaraṇa (lit. “treatise for the computation of the ascendant), an astronomical work in eight chapters dealing with the determination of the ascendant (udayalagna or orient ecliptic point).—Accordingly, “Or, the Rsine (bhujājyā) [of the Sun’s longitude] multiplied by the extreme (last) day-radius and divided by the desired day-radius is the Rsine of the right ascension. That multiplied by [the Rsine of] the maximum ascensional difference, and divided by the radius, is the Rsine of the ascensional difference”.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bhujajyā (भुजज्या).—f S The sine of an arc.

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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

Bhujajyā (भुजज्या).—the base sine.

Bhujajyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhuja and jyā (ज्या).

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

Bhūjajyā (भूजज्या).—f.

(-jyā) The base sine, (in astronomy.)

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

Bhujajyā (भुजज्या):—[=bhuja-jyā] [from bhuja > bhuj] f. (in [astronomy]) the base sine, [Sūryasiddhānta]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhujajya 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: Bhuja, Jya.

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