Alternative spellings of this word include Chamunatha.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Camūnātha (चमूनाथ) refers to the “commanders of armies”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The Moon presides over citadels fortified by hills or by water, over Kosala, Bharukaccha, the sea, the city of Roma, the country of Tuṣāra, dwellers in forests, the islands of Taṅgaṇa, Hala and Strīrājya in the big seas. [...] She also presides over fine white horses, charming young women, commanders of armies (camūnātha), articles of food, clothes, horned animals, the Rākṣasas, farmers and Śrotiyas. [...]”

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

camūnātha : (m.) a general of an army.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Camūnātha (चमूनाथ).—the leader of an army, a general, commander; R.13.74.

Derivable forms: camūnāthaḥ (चमूनाथः).

Camūnātha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms camū and nātha (नाथ). See also (synonyms): camūpa, camūpati.

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

Camūnātha (चमूनाथ).—m. a commander of an army, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 26, 3.

Camūnātha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms camū and nātha (नाथ).

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

Camūnātha (चमूनाथ).—[masculine] leader of an army.

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

1) Camūnātha (चमूनाथ):—[=camū-nātha] [from camū > camu-pati] m. leader of a division, general, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] (ifc.), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iv.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Camunatha 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

Camūnātha (ಚಮೂನಾಥ):—[noun] = ಚಮೂಪತಿ [camupati].

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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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