Hillaja, Hillāja: 4 definitions
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika AstrologyHillāja (हिल्लाज) refers to the “selection of the chief significator of life”, as discussed in the ninth chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Chapter 9 (āyurdāya-adhikāra) is a faithful if condensed rendering of Abū Bakr’s version of longevity procedures based on the ἀφέτης or, to use the term most common in western literature since medieval times, the hyleg. [...] As in Abū Bakr, while the selection of the chief significator of life or hillāja (Ar. hīlāj, from Persian hīlāg), is explained in some detail in the Karmaprakāśa, there is no mathematical elucidation on calculating its directed motion (ἄφεσις) to the killing points. [...] We find the important term khattakhutta (via Ar. kadkhudāh from Middle Persian, translating οἰκοδεσπότης), designating the planet having authority over the hillāja and determining the approximate years of life allotted to the native. [...]
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: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Hillāja (हिल्लाज) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. K. 246 (and udāharaṇa). Rice. 38.
—[commentary] Dīpikā by Kṣīrasāgara Paṇḍita. Np. Vii. 36.
—[sub-commentary] by Lakṣmīdatta. Np. I, 138.
—[sub-commentary] by Lakṣmīpati. NW. 552. Wheter these two are sub-commentaries to the preceding work is uncertain.
—[commentary] by Nṛsiṃha. K. 246. B. 4, 212 (Narasiṃha). Oudh. Xx, 120.
—[commentary] by Raghunātha. B. 4, 212.
—[commentary] by Rāmeśvara. B. 4, 212.
2) Hillāja (हिल्लाज):—jy.
—[commentary] Hillājadīpikā by Nṛsiṃha, son of Rāma, pupil of Gaṇeśa. L. 4095 (Hillājatājika q. v.). Rgb. 891. Stein 177.
—[commentary] Cūḍāmaṇi by Rāmeśvara, surnamed kṣīrasāgara son of Śrīpati Bhaṭṭa. Peters. 4, 38. Extr. 60. Rgb. 892. 893.
Hillāja (हिल्लाज):—m. Name of an astronomer, [Catalogue(s)]
[Sanskrit to German]
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)
Starts with: Hillajadipika, Hillajagrahaphala, Hillajajataka, Hillajatajika.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology (by Martin Gansten)
6.2. Pseudepigraphic Works Cited < [Introduction]
4. The Īsarāpha Configuration < [Chapter 3 - The Sixteen Configurations]
2. The Tājika Teaching: Lawful and Useful < [Chapter 1 - Fundamentals of Astrology and the Annual Revolution]