Alternative spellings of this word include Charudevi.

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Cārudevī (चारुदेवी) is the name of a river, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 9), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The five constellations from Jyeṣṭhā form the fifth maṇḍala; if Venus should reappear in it, the people of Cashmere [i.e., Kāśmīra], the Aśmakas, the Matsyas, those living on the banks of the Charudevi [i.e., Cārudevī] and in the country of Avantī will suffer from hunger, from thieves and from disease. If Venus who so reappears in the said maṇḍala should be crossed by a planet, the Ābhīras, the Draviḍas, the Ambaṣṭhas, the Trigartas, the Saurāṣṭras, the people of Sindh and of Sauvīraka and the ruler of Benares will perish”.

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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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Partial matches: Caru, Devi, Tevi.

Full-text: Mydavolu, Kashishvara.

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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)

Chapter 9 - On the course of Venus (śukra-cāra)

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