Brihajjataka, Brihaj-jataka, Brihat-jataka, Bṛhajjātaka, Brihagjataka: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Bṛhajjātaka can be transliterated into English as Brhajjataka or Brihajjataka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikipedia: Jyotisha (astronomy)

Bṛhajjātaka (बृहज्जातक) is one of the five principal texts written by Vārāhamihira (6th century AD) and is considered as the standard textbook on Vedic astrology, and sometimes described as "India's foremost astrological text". The original text, written in chaste Sanskrit, consists of more than 407 ślokas or verses that comprise 28 chapters.

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

Bṛhajjātaka (बृहज्जातक).—[neuter] T. of a work.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Bṛhajjātaka (बृहज्जातक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—astrol. by Varāhamihira. W. p. 254. Oxf. 328^b. 329^a. L. 1376. 2453. K. 234. B. 4, 164. 166. Ben. 25. Kāṭm. 10 (and—[commentary]). Pheh. 7. 10. Rādh. 36. NW. 544. Oudh. Xiv, 48. Burnell. 77^b. Bhk. 34. Bhr. 341. 343. Poona. 277. 278. H. 306-8. Taylor. 1, 8. Oppert. 573. 779. 1011. 1286. 1695. 2524. 4530. 6618. 6951. 7109. 7615. Ii, 552. 1118. 1343. 1638. 1987. 2342. 2604. 2896. 3208. 3312. 4752. 7653. 8058. 8283. 10158. Rice. 32. Cambay p. 87. See Laghujātaka.
—[commentary] Khn. 90. B. 4, 166. Np. Ix, 48. Oppert. 2913. Ii, 4087. 6348. 9730.
—[commentary] Gaṇitakalpadruma. Np. X, 52.
—[commentary] Daśādhyāyī or Naukā. Np. Vii, 36. Ix, 46. X, 52. Sb. 272.
—[commentary] Subodhinī. Burnell. 77^b.
—[commentary] Jagaccandrikā, or rather Cintāmaṇi, composed by Bhaṭṭotpala in 966. Io. 435. Oxf. 329^a. L. 759. K. 234. B. 4, 166. Ben. 31. Pheh. 10. Rādh. 36. Np. I, 146. 154. Ii, 114. Bhk. 34. Poona. 278. 279. H. 308. Oppert. 1231. 3559. 8115. Ii, 1837. 4753. Peters. 1, 119. 2, 195.
—[commentary] Bṛhajjātakaprakāśa by Mahādeva. Bik. 301.
—[commentary] by Mahīdhara. L. 2453. B. 4, 166. Ben. 25. Oudh. Iii, 14. Ix, 10. Xiii, 62. Xix, 66. Np. I, 146. Ii, 114. Vii, 36. Bhr. 342. 343. Peters. 2, 195.
—[commentary] by Viśvanātha. Oudh. Iv, 13. Bṛhajjātake Naṣṭajātakādhyāyaṭīkā by Balabhadra P. 14.
—Horāsāra (?). [Mackenzie Collection] 123.

2) Bṛhajjātaka (बृहज्जातक):—by Rāmahari. Proceed. Asb. 1865, 138.

3) Bṛhajjātaka (बृहज्जातक):—by Varāhamihira. Io. 834. 2520 (inc.). Oudh. Xx, 104. 132. Peters. 4, 36 (and—[commentary]). Stein 167.
—[commentary] Daśādhyāyī. Peters. 4, 39.
—[commentary] Jagaccandrikā by Bhaṭṭotpala. Hz. 557. Oudh. Xx, 126. 134. Peters. 4, 36. Stein 167.
—[commentary] by Mahīdhara. Oudh. Xx, 114. 120. Xxii, 82. Peters. 4, 36.
—[commentary] by Viśvanātha. Oudh. Xxi, 84.
—[commentary] by Śrīpati Bhaṭṭa. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 58.

4) Bṛhajjātaka (बृहज्जातक):—by Varāhamihira. Ulwar 1872.
—[commentary] Subodhinī. Ulwar 1874. Extr. 531.
—[commentary] by Bhaṭṭotpala. Ulwar 1872.
—[commentary] by Mahīdhara. Ulwar 1873.

5) Bṛhajjātaka (बृहज्जातक):—by Varāhamihira. As p. 118. Bd. 872. L.. 989. 990 (up to the end of the eighth Adhyāya). 991 ([fragmentary]). Peters. 5, 522. 6, 427. Whish 110 A 1. (2-25). C. Naukā or Horāvivaraṇa. Whish 115, 1. C. Subodhinī. Whish 110 A 1 (2-25). 169, 4 (breaks off in the beginning of the second Adhyāya). C. by Bhaṭṭotpala. As p. 118. Bd. 872. L.. 989 (from 6, 11). 990 (up to the end of the eighth Adhyāya). 991 ([fragmentary]). Śg. 2, 190. C. by Mahīdhara. Ak 882. L.. 992 (1-18). Peters. 6, 427.

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

1) Bṛhajjātaka (बृहज्जातक):—[=bṛhaj-jātaka] [from bṛhaj > bṛṃh] n. Name of Varāhamihira’s larger [work] on nativities (cf. svaipa-jātaka)

2) [v.s. ...] of another [work]

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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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