Kshitisha, Kshiti-isha, Kṣitiśa: 11 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Jyotisha
Languages
1. Sanskrit
See also

Introduction:

Kshitisha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Kṣitiśa can be transliterated into English as Ksitisa or Kshitisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Kṣitīśa (क्षितीश) refers to a “king” or “prince”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 3), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If in Varṣā the colour of the sun be that of the flower Śirīṣa (Mimosa flexuosa) there will be immediate rain; if the colour be that of the peacock’s plume there will be no rain for twelve years to come. If, then the sun be black there will be fear from worms and reptiles; if it be ashy pale there will be fear from foreign princes; if the sun should appear with a hole that prince [i.e., kṣitīśa] will perish in the star of whose nativity the sun then happens to be”.

context information

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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kṣitiśa (क्षितिश).—(m.c. for Sanskrit kṣitīśa), king: Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 45.7 (verse).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣitīśa (क्षितीश).—m.

(-śaḥ) A king. E. kṣiti, and īśa a prince.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣitīśa (क्षितीश).—m. a king, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 67.

Kṣitīśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣiti and īśa (ईश).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣitīśa (क्षितीश).—[masculine] a king.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Kṣitīśa (क्षितीश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]

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

1) Kṣitīśa (क्षितीश):—[from kṣiti > kṣi] m. ‘ruler of the earth’, a king, [Mahābhārata iii, 13198; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Raghuvaṃśa; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a prince of Kānyakubja

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣitīśa (क्षितीश):—(śaḥ) 1. m. A king.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kshitisha in German

context information

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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