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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Grahamaṇḍala (ग्रहमण्डल) (Cf. Navagraha) or Navagrahamaṇḍala refers to the “maṇḍala of nine planets”, according to the Āśvalāyanagṛhyapariśiṣṭa (2.3).—[Images of and offerings to grahas]—Instead of making the statues one can draw the figures representing grahas in a maṇḍala [i.e., nava-grahamaṇḍala] (Cf. Yājñavalkyasmṛti 1.298). The figures to be drawn are not prescribed in Yājñavalkyasmṛti, but they seem to have been a common knowledge since almost all the gṛhya texts agree on the followingfigures: circle (Sun), square (Moon), triangle (Mars), arrow (Mercury), oblong (Jupiter), pentagon (Venus), bow (Saturn), winnowing basket (Rāhu), and triangular flag (Ketu).

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

grahamaṇḍala (ग्रहमंडल).—n (S) The planetary sphere.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

grahamaṇḍala (ग्रहमंडल).—n The planetary sphere.

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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 dictionary

Grahamaṇḍala (ग्रहमण्डल).—the circle of the planets.

Derivable forms: grahamaṇḍalam (ग्रहमण्डलम्).

Grahamaṇḍala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms graha and maṇḍala (मण्डल). See also (synonyms): grahamaṇḍalī.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Graha, Mandala.

Ends with: Navagrahamandala.

Full-text: Grahamandali, Navagrahamandala, Lohita.

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