The Sanskrit term Ekapañcāśat can be transliterated into English as Ekapancasat or Ekapancashat, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Ekapanchashat.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Ekapañcāśat (एकपञ्चाशत्) refers to “fifty-one” types of the Taskara kinds of Ketus (i.e., luminous bodies such as comets and meteors), according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The comets which are white, of single disc, without tails and glossy are named Vikacā Ketus and are the sons of Jupiter. They are 65 in number; they appear in the south and when they appear mankind will not be happy. The comets that are neither very bright nor clearly visible to the naked eye, and that are long and white are named Taskara Ketus; they are the sons of Mercury, they appear anywhere and are 51 in number [i.e., ekapañcāśat]; when they appear mankind will feel miserable”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ekapañcāśat (एकपञ्चाशत्).—f. fifty-one.

Ekapañcāśat is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and pañcāśat (पञ्चाशत्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ekapañcāśat (एकपञ्चाशत्).—[feminine] fifty-one.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ekapañcāśat (एकपञ्चाशत्):—[=eka-pañcāśat] [from eka] f. fifty-one

[Sanskrit to German]

Ekapancashat in German

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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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Partial matches: Pancashat, Eka.

Starts with: Ekapancashattama.

Full-text: Ekapancashattama.

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