Kalajnana, Kālajñāna, Kala-jnana: 8 definitions

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

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Source: academia.edu: Chapter Nineteen of the Kakṣapuṭatantra

Kālajñāna (कालज्ञान) refers to “knowing the time of death” as mentioned in the Kakṣapuṭatantra chapter 19.—Kālajñāna is regarded to be a synonym for Mṛtyulakṣaṇajñāna (signs of death). In the Kakṣapuṭatantra, the section on knowing the time of death consists of usual signs of death, along with two kinds of augury.

Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva

Kālajñāna (कालज्ञान) or Kālajñānāgama refers to one of upāgamas (supplementary scriptures) of the Vātulāgama which is one of the twenty-eight Siddhāntāgama: a classification of the Śaiva division of Śaivāgamas. The Śaivāgamas represent the wisdom that has come down from lord Śiva, received by Pārvatī and accepted by Viṣṇu. The purpose of revealing upāgamas (e.g., Kālajñāna Āgama) is to explain more elaborately than that of mūlāgamas (e.g., Vātula-āgama) and to include any new idea if not dealt in mūlāgamas.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kalajnana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālajñāna (कालज्ञान).—[neuter] knowledge of time or chronology.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kālajñāna (कालज्ञान) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—med. L. 2684. Bik. 644. 645. Rādh. 31. Np. I, 8. Proceed. Asb. 1869, 143. See Bṛhatkālajñāna.
—attributed to Dhanvantari. B. 4, 220.
—by Malladeva. Oxf. 315^b.
—by Mahārudra. B. 4, 220.
—by Śambhunātha. Io. 2010. Oxf. 317^a. B. 4, 220. One of these quoted in Vaidyamanotsava. Oxf. 404^b.

2) Kālajñāna (कालज्ञान):—jy. by Śivaśarman. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 17.

3) Kālajñāna (कालज्ञान):—med. Peters. 4, 39. Rgb. 911. Stein 182.
—by Śambhūnātha. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 134. Fl. 346. Peters. 4, 39.

4) Kālajñāna (कालज्ञान):—med. L.. 1186, 4. 1203. 1204. 1205 (inc.).
—attributed to Śambhu. Peters. 6, 454.

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

1) Kālajñāna (कालज्ञान):—[=kāla-jñāna] [from kāla] n. knowledge of the fixed times or seasons, [Jyotiṣa; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of several medical works (by Malladeva, Śambhū-nātha, and others).

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Kalajnana in German

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kālajñāna (ಕಾಲಜ್ಞಾನ):—

1) [noun] the ability or quality of knowing the happening of events, esp. in future.

2) [noun] the act of making predictions; foretelling; soothsaying.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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