Hora, Horā: 23 definitions
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Hora means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Horā (होरा).—A śakti.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 32. 14.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
1) Horā (होरा) or Horāgata refers to “horoscopy”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 1), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] In my work on Astronomy, I have treated of the rising and setting of the planets as well as their retrograde and reretrograde motions and the like. In my work on Horoscopy [i.e., horā-gata], I have fully treated of nativity, of yātrā and of marriage. In the present treatise, I have rejected questions and re-questions, historical narrations, unimportant planetary phenomena and all that is useless; and my purpose is to speak clearly only of the vital truths of the several subjects treated of”.
2) Horā (होरा) refers to a “period of one hour”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2).—Accordingly, “We shall now proceed to give a brief description of (the qualifications of) a jyotiṣaka. [...] He must have a clear knowledge of the causes of Solar, Savana, Siderial and Lunar months as well as of intercalary lunations and intercalary days [i.e., avama]. He must have a knowledge of the beginning and end of Śaṣṭyābda (a cycle of 60 years) [Ṣaṣṭyabda?], a Yuga (5 years), Varṣa (a year), Māsa (a month), Thina (a day) and Horā (an hour) and of their lords”.
3) Horā (होरा) refers to a “space of 15°” (=half of a rāśi—‘zodiac sign’”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2).—Accordingly, “And in horoscopy, the Jyotiṣaka must know such divisions of space as rāśi (a sign of Zodiac or a space of 30°), horā (15° or half a sign), drekkana (10° or one third of a sign), navāṃśaka (3° 20' or one-ninth of a sign), dvādaśāṃśaka (2° 30' or one twelfth of a sign), triṃśāṃśaka (one-thirtieth of a sign), and their strength or weakness considered horoscopically; he must know the horoscopic strength of the planets with respect to their Dik (direction), Sthāna (place), Kāla, (time) Ceṭā (motions, conjunctions and the like)”.
Horā (होरा).—Unit of time equivalent to 1/24th of one day and night period. Note: Horā is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
Horā (होरा) refers to “astrology”, according to the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Accordingly, [the text opens with the three stanzas]: “[...] Extracting the best from that ocean of astrology (horā-jaladhi) which is the entire doctrine established by Śrī Garga and other sages and celebrated by Satya and other [Brahmans], made into the Tājika doctrine by Romaka and other ancient Yavanas, and bowing to the lotus feet of my teacher, I shall explain that which is always astounding to embodied beings, the flavours of food and so forth. [...]”.
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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Horā (होरा) refers to the twenty-four astronomical Goddess to be invoked during pūjā (ritual offering) in Tantric Buddhism, according to the 9th-century Vajraḍākatantra chapter 18.61-74. [...] A Yogin, putting a vessel in the left side of him, offers various things together with raw flesh, fish, immortal nectar (pañcāmṛta). Then the Yogin invites Goddesses to please them with nectar—five Ḍākinīs and twenty-four Goddesses come to the Yogin’s place, forming a maṇḍala.
Names of these twenty-four Goddesses are as follows:
- Kṛṣṇā,
- Karālī,
- Bībhatsā,
- Nandātītā,
- Vināyakā,
- Cāmuṇḍā,
- Ghorarūpī,
- Umā,
- Jayā,
- Vijayā,
- Ajitā,
- Aparājitā
- Bhadrakālī,
- Mahākālī,
- Sthūlakālī,
- Indrī,
- Candrī,
- Ghorī,
- Duṣṭī,
- Lambakī,
- Tridaśeśvarī,
- Kambojī,
- Dīpinī,
- Cūṣiṇī.
These twenty-four female deities are explained in chapter 24 as those of horā. [...] The text tells that the bring the Yogin success in all rituals or religious actions. Finally the bali offering in accordance with the distinction of the rituals (śānti, puṣṭi and so on) is briefly explained.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
Hora.—(EI 9), probably, a foreign word meaning ‘a lady’ Note: hora is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
See also (synonyms): Horaka.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
1) Hora in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia chebula in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myrobalanus chebula Gaertn. (among others).
2) Hora in South America is also identified with Caryocar nuciferum It has the synonym Rhizobolus pekea Gaertn., nom. illeg. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Species Plantarum.
· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1767)
· Taxon (1979)
· Histoire des Plantes (1872)
· Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise (1775)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Hora, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
horā : (f.) hour.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
hōra (होर).—f (hōraṇēṃ) Filling stuff,--the rubbish and earth brought by scouring rains and deposited over fields &c. so as to fill up all holes and depressions; alluvion.
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hōrā (होरा).—f (S) Part of the duration of a sign,--the twenty-fourth part of a day, an hora or hour. 2 m Prediction or prophetic annunciation; declaration of some future, or of some distant (in space), event or occurrence. Ex. rājālā putra jhālēlā āhē asā tyācā hōrā āhē; mī asā hōrā sāṅgatōṃ kīṃ tumacā jaya hōīla. 3 Guess, reasoning, anticipation, apprehension, view (framed respecting a future or an unknown matter). v cāla, ānta yēṇēṃ, disa. Ex. mājhē hōṛyānta yētēṃ kīṃ hyā vēḷēvarūna tumacā jaya hōṇāra; mājhā hōrā khōṭā vhāyācā nāhīṃ; mājhā hōrā hyā gōṣṭīviṣayīṃ cālata nāhīṃ.
hōrā (होरा).—f Part of the duration of a sign. m Prediction. Guess, apprehension.
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
Horā (होरा).—[hu-ran]
1) The rising of a zodiacal sign; होरासु गणितेष्वपि (horāsu gaṇiteṣvapi) Śiva B.1.35.
2) Part of the duration of a sign.
3) An hour.
4) A mark, line.
5) Horoscope; horoscopy.
Horā (होरा).—f.
(-rā) 1. The rising of a sign of the zodiac. 2. Part of the duration of a sign, the twenty-fourth part of a day, an hour. 3. A mark, a line. 4. A science or work in science, (on astrology.) E. hoḍ to go, to proceed, affs. ac and ṭāp, and ḍa changed to ra .
Horā (होरा).— (borrowed from ), f. 1. The rising of a sign of the zodiac. 2. An hour. 3. A line. 4. A work on astrology.
Horā (होरा).—[feminine] hour, horoscope, or = seq.
Horā (होरा) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. See Pārāśarahorā.
1) Horā (होरा):—f. ([from] [Greek] ὥρα) an hour (the 24th part of an Aho-rātra), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
2) the half of a zodiacal sign, [Varāha-mihira]
3) horoscope or horoscopy, [ib. etc.]
Horā (होरा):—(rā) 1. f. The rising of a sign of the zodiac; a mark or line; a work on astrology.
Horā (होरा):—(aus ὥρα) f. [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 1, 10.]
1) Stunde, der 24te Theil eines Ahorātra, [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1, 12.] dinaṃ lagnaṃ ca horāśca (horāñca?) na viduḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 109, 39.] —
2) die Hälfte eines Zodiakalzeichens [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 473.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 103.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, S. 5, Z. 5 v. u.] [BṚH. 1, 3. 9. 11.] [LAGHUJ. 1, 9. 23.] [YOGAYĀTRĀ 1, 5.] —
3) Horoskop; = lagna und rekhābhid [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Suśruta.1,119,1.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 96,1.] [BṚH.1,9. 15.3,6.5,24.8,8. 10,1. 11,18.] [Oxforder Handschriften 336,b, No. 792.] phala [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1, 2. 8, 19.] horādhipa Herr des Horoskops (ein Planet) [BṚH. S. 34, 11.] horādhipati desgl. [2, S. 4.] pa desgl. [BṚH. 2, 21.] svāmin desgl. [1, 19.] horeśa desgl. [19, 4.] [ĀRYABH. 3, 16.] [Sūryasiddhānta 12, 79.] —
4) Horoskopie [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [UTPALA] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 1, 3.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 4, 33.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 1, 9. 10. 2, 3. 7] (aus [GARGA]). [21] (gleichfalls). [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 939.] [ 27.] [WEBER,] [Jyotiṣa 4.] paṭu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 26 (24), 4. 28 (26), 9.] skandha [UTPALA] zu [1, 1.]
Horā (होरा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Horā.
Hora (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 火羅 [huǒ luó]: “Hora” [Sanskrit place name].
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Horā (होरा) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Horā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Hora (ಹೊರ):—
1) [adjective] (in comp.) originating, coming from or situated beyond given limits; from some other place, person, group, etc.; outside.
2) [adjective] that is presented to view or is obvious.
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Hoṟa (ಹೊಱ):—
1) [adjective] (in comp.) originating, coming from or situated beyond given limits; from some other place, person, group, etc.; outside.
2) [adjective] that is presented to view or is obvious.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Horā (होरा):—n. 1. astrology; 2. horoscope; 3. a ploughman's shout at the bullocks;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+26): Hora muchhaka, Hora muni, Horabaru, Horabil, Horabilu, Horabisu, Horabuddhi, Horacacu, Horacakra, Horacudamani, Horadudu, Horadvara, Horaganita, Horagata, Horahaku, Horahayu, Horahomdu, Horahommisu, Horahommu, Horahoradisu.
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Search found 55 books and stories containing Hora, Horā, Hōra, Hōrā, Hoṟa; (plurals include: Horas, Horās, Hōras, Hōrās, Hoṟas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 26.14 < [Chapter 26 - Lost Horoscopes]
Verse 1.12 < [Chapter 1 - Zodiac Signs]
Verse 21.5 < [Chapter 21 - Support Yogas]
Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 8.22 < [Chapter 8 - The Birth of Sovereigns]
Verse 1.34 < [Chapter 1 - The Innate Nature of the Zodiac Signs and Planets]
Verse 2.50 < [Chapter 2 - One’s Own Form of the Horās]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations (by Radhakrishnan. P)
4. Hora Formation of Week Days < [Chapter 5 - Adoration of the Sun and Moon]
3. Vedic Astrology and Kala Hora < [Chapter 5 - Adoration of the Sun and Moon]
2. Envision of Astrology in Vedic Sense < [Chapter 5 - Adoration of the Sun and Moon]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Indian Antiquary (a journal of oriental research) (by Jas Burgess)
The Indian Almanac (Panchanga) < [Volume 3 (1874)]
On some Pahlavi inscriptions in South India < [Volume 3 (1874)]