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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (astronomy)

Jhagara (झगर) refers to “quarelling (about one’s greatness)”, according to the Śanīkathā by Jīvanadāsaka Bhīvāṇī (classified as literature dealing with astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Accordingly, “The nine planets quarelled (jhagara) about their relative greatness. They first went to Indra to solve the debate. He did not find any solution and sent them to king Vikramāditya who was to decide who is great or who is small. [...]”.

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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

jhagāra (झगार).—n P Cloudiness or overcloudedness. v yē, uṭha, nigha, ghāla. 2 A mass of clouds or a large cloud. 3 A shower. v paḍa.

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

jhagāra (झगार).—n Cloudiness or overcloudedness. A shower.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Jhagaragota.

Ends with: Majjhagara.

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