Drigjya, Dṛgjyā, Drish-jya, Drik-jya: 7 definitions
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Drigjya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Dṛgjyā can be transliterated into English as Drgjya or Drigjya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical TermsDṛgjyā (दृग्ज्या).—R sine of Meridian zenith distance or simply, the R sine of the zenith distance. Note: Dṛś-jyā is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
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Dṛgjyā (दृग्ज्या).—R sine of the zenith distance in any position. Note: Dṛk-jyā is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydṛgjyā (दृग्ज्या).—f S The sine of the zenith-distance.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishdṛgjyā (दृग्ज्या).—f The sine of the zenith-distance.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDṛgjyā (दृग्ज्या).—the sine of the zenith-distance.
Dṛgjyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dṛś and jyā (ज्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛgjyā (दृग्ज्या):—[=dṛg-jyā] [from dṛg > dṛś] f. the sine of the zenith distance or the cosine of the altitude, [Sūryasiddhānta]
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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.
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