Alternative spellings of this word include Budhachara.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jyotiṣa

Budhacāra (बुधचार) refers to the “course of Mercury” and is the name of the tenth chapter of the Gārgīyajyotiṣa. It is similar to the 7th chapter of Vārahamihira’s work known as the Bṛhatsaṃhitā. The Gārgīyajyotiṣa is one of the most comprehensive of Garga’s texts and written in the form of a dialogue between Krauṣṭuki (Ṛṣiputra) and Garga discussing astral and other omens, comprising a total of sixty-two chapters (viz., budha-cāra), known as aṅgas and summarized in the Aṅgasamuddiśa (“enumeration of the divisions”, introductory portion).

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Budhacāra (बुधचार) refers to the “course of Mercury”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 7), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).

There are 7 kinds of courses defined for Mercury, according to Parāśara’s work on Astronomy:—

1. Prākṛta,
2. Vimiśra (or Miśragati),
3. Saṃkṣipta,
4. Tīkṣṇa,
5. Yogānta (or Yogāntika),
6. Ghora and
7. Pāpā.

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

Budhacāra (बुधचार):—[=budha-cāra] [from budha > budh] m. Name of a [chapter] of Bhaṭṭôtpala’s [commentator or commentary] on [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā] and of a [chapter] of Yavaneśvara’s Mīna-rāja-jātaka.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Budha, Cara.

Full-text: Samkshipta, Yogantika, Yoganta, Vimishra, Prakrita, Mishragati, Tikshna, Papa, Mishra, Ghora.

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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)

Chapter 7 - On the course of Mercury (budha-cāra)

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