Idavatsara, Iḍāvatsara, Idāvatsara, Ida-vatsara: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexIḍāvatsara (इडावत्सर).—The third year of a five year yuga. Also idvatsara;1 is Soma or moon.2
- 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 11. 14; V. 22. 7; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 8. 72; 13. 115; Vāyu-purāṇa 50. 183.
- 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 13. 118; 129; 21. 132; 28. 22. Matsya-purāṇa 141. 18. Vāyu-purāṇa 31. 30; 56. 20.
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)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraIdāvatsara (इदावत्सर) refers to five years of each yuga of Jupiter’s cycle, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The five years of each yuga are known as—1. Saṃvatsara, 2. Parivatsara, 3. Idāvatsara, 4. Anuvatsara, 5. Idvatsara. These are sacred respectively to 1. Agni (fire), 2. Arka (the Sun), 3. Candra (the Moon), 4. Prajāpati (the Creator), 5. Rudra (the Destroyer)”.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIdāvatsara (इदावत्सर).—so इदुवत्सरः (iduvatsaraḥ) or इद्वत्सरः (idvatsaraḥ) one of the five years in which gifts of clothes and food are said to be productive of great rewards. cf. Bhāgavata 5.
Derivable forms: idāvatsaraḥ (इदावत्सरः).
Idāvatsara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms idā and vatsara (वत्सर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Idāvatsara (इदावत्सर):—[=i-dā-vatsara] [from i-dā] m. (originally perhaps) ‘the present or current year’
2) [v.s. ...] one of the names given to the single years of a period of five years
3) [v.s. ...] one of the five years in which gifts of clothes and food are productive of great rewards, [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā] etc. (idāvatsarīya, mfn. belonging to such a year [commentator or commentary] on [Pāṇini] idu-vatsara and id-vatsara = idā-vatsara above, id-vatsarīya = idāvatsarīya above.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryIdāvatsara (इदावत्सर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A particular year.
[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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusIḍāvatsara (ಇಡಾವತ್ಸರ):—[noun] a year during which any of the 27 rain stars recur 12 times.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vatsara, Ida, Ita.
Full-text: Udavatsara, Idavatsariya, Idadika, Idvatsara, Parivatsara, Idasamvatsara, Shailasutapati, Shitamayukhamalin, Anuvatsara, Samvatsara, Ida.
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Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
Paraskara-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa VIII, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Eight Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 6, brāhmaṇa 2 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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Chapter 11 - The concept of Time: Manvantaras and life-spans of Men and Gods < [Book 3 - Third Skandha]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
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