Dashanayana, Dasha-anayana, Daśānayana: 1 definition

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Dashanayana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Daśānayana can be transliterated into English as Dasanayana or Dashanayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

[«previous next»] — Dashanayana in Jyotisha glossary
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika Astrology

Daśānayana (दशानयन) refers to the “calculation of periods”, as discussed in the tenth chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.— Chapter 10 (daśānayana-adhikāra) begins (10.1–3) as a summary of the next section of the Kitāb al-mawālīd, on the directed motion of the ascendant through the terms (hadda, from Arabic ḥadd) and the aspects of the planets. These verses include Abū Bakr’s example of the ascendant being directed through the terms of Mercury, once using the technical designation kisimā (from Ar. qisma ‘division’) for such a period, but otherwise the generic Sanskrit word daśā. [...]

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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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