The Sanskrit term Gurvakṣara can be transliterated into English as Gurvaksara or Gurvakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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

Gurvakṣara (गुर्वक्षर) (Cf. Guruvarṇa) refers to “long syllables”.—In his commentary on the Āryabhaṭīya, Bhāskara I explains that the time taken to utter sixty long syllables (guru-akṣaras) is one vināḍikā, and then cites the first of our three verses which consists exactly of sixty long syllables. ‘Pala’ being a synonym of vināḍikā, palavṛtta designates a verse consisting of sixty long syllables, the reciting of which takes one pala of time, i.e. twenty-four seconds.

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Gurvakṣara (गुर्वक्षर).—Long syllable. Note: Guru-akṣara is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

context information

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.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Gurvakṣara (गुर्वक्षर) refers to “long syllables”, according to verses 17cd-18ab of the Kālamānādhyāya in the Madhyamādhikāra of the twelfth-century Siddhāntaśiromaṇi written by Bhāskara.—Accordingly: “A breath is ten long syllables (gurvakṣara), a Pala is six breaths, sixty Palas is one Ghaṭikā, sixty Ghaṭikās is a day, thirty days is a month and twelve months is a year”.

context information

Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gurvakṣara (गुर्वक्षर).—a long syllable.

Derivable forms: gurvakṣaram (गुर्वक्षरम्).

Gurvakṣara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms guru and akṣara (अक्षर).

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

Gurvakṣara (गुर्वक्षर):—[=gurv-akṣara] [from gurv > guru] n. a long syllable, [Horace H. Wilson]

context information

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: Akshara, Gurv, Guru.

Full-text: Vinadika, Palavritta, Prapanca, Khendu, Kha, Khashad, Guruvarna.

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