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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Kamalayoni (कमलयोनि) is another name for Brahmā, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Some say that Rāhu, the asura, though his head was cut, dies not but lives in the shape of a planet having tasted of ambrosia. That he has a disc like the sun and moon and as that disc is black it is invisible when in the sky except on the occasion of eclipses in virtue of a boon from Brahmā [i.e., kamalayoni]. Others say that he resembles a serpent in shape with his head severed from his tail; a few that he is bodiless, that he is mere darkness and that he is the son of Siṃhikā. [...]”.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kamalayoni (कमलयोनि).—'lotus-born', epithet of Brahmā.

Derivable forms: kamalayoniḥ (कमलयोनिः).

Kamalayoni is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kamala and yoni (योनि). See also (synonyms): kamalabhava, kamalasaṃbhava.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Kamalayoni (कमलयोनि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted by Nṛsiṃha in Sūryasiddhāntavāsanabhāṣya. Cambr. p. 43.

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

Kamalayoni (कमलयोनि):—[=kamala-yoni] [from kamala > kam] m. ‘lotus-born’, Name of Brahmā, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kamalayoni 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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kamalayōṉi (கமலயோனி) [kamala-yōṉi] noun < kamala +. Brahmā, the lotus-born; பிரமன். (திவா.) [piraman. (thiva.)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Yoni, Kamala.

Full-text: Kamalasambhava, Kamalabhava, Kamala.

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