Drikana, Dṛkāṇa: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dṛkāṇa can be transliterated into English as Drkana or Drikana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika AstrologyDṛkāṇa (दृकाण) (or Dreṣkāṇa) refers to “decans”, according to chapter 1 of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.— The discussion of the five dignities (pañcavargī), which in the Arabic sources are invariably domicile, exaltation, triplicity, term and decan (or ‘face’), appears to derive from a source that also included the use of the Indian navāṃśa or ninth-part. [...] The Karmaprakāśa (1.11) has replaced decans (generally known in Indian astrology as dṛkāṇa or dreṣkāṇa, with variants) with the navāṃśa in its list of dignities; but in 1.20 the dṛkāṇa is nevertheless introduced and briefly explained. passage 1.20–23 displays the beginnings of the confusion surrounding triplicities, decans and navāṃśas that characterizes later Tājika literature, and includes two slightly different rulership schemes for the triplicities.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛkāṇa (दृकाण).—m.
(-ṇaḥ) A demigod, presiding over the third part of a sign of the zodiac, (in Astrology.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛkāṇa (दृकाण):—m. (δέκανος) the third part of a sign of the zodiac or a demi-god presiding over it, [Varāha-mihira] ([varia lectio] dṛkkāṇa, drekk, dreṣk).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDṛkāṇa (दृकाण):—(ṇaḥ) 1. m. A demigod.
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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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Full-text: Drikkana, Dakana, Tryamsha, Dreshkana, Drekkana, Drekka, Tryamshanatha, Vyaladreshkana, Vyalavarga, Vyala.
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Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 23.16 < [Chapter 23 - Undesirable Combinations]
Verse 26.7 < [Chapter 26 - Lost Horoscopes]
Verse 3.5 < [Chapter 3 - On the Manifold Births]
History of Science in South Asia
Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology (by Martin Gansten)