Dashanayanadhikara, Daśānayanādhikāra, Dashanayana-adhikara: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Daśānayanādhikāra can be transliterated into English as Dasanayanadhikara or Dashanayanadhikara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Daśānayanādhikāra (दशानयनाधिकार) (lit. “regarding the calculation of periods”) is the name of 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 (daśānayanādhikāra) 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. For the rest of the chapter, however, the daśās described are not based on directions (tasyīr, ἄφεσις), but rather on the so-called fardārāt, a mathematically far less demanding system probably of medieval Persian origin. [...] The order in which the results of each planet’s period are described is the classical Indian one (following the days of the week), suggesting that this passage was reworked by Samarasiṃha rather than taken directly from a source text. [...]
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: Dashanayana, Adhikara.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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