Kshitisuta, Kṣitisuta, Kshiti-suta: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣitisuta can be transliterated into English as Ksitisuta or Kshitisuta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Kṣitisuta (क्षितिसुत) refers to the planet Mars, 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, “If there should be both lunar and solar eclipses in one month, princes will suffer both from dissensions among their own army and from wars. [...] If Mars [i.e., kṣitisuta] should be eclipsed by Rāhu [—the eclipsed or eclipsing lunar or solar disc as the case may be], the people of Āvanti, those living on the banks of the Kāverī and the Narmada and haughty princes will be afflicted with miseries. If Mercury should be so eclipsed, men living between the Ganges and the Yamunā, on the banks of the Sarayū and in the country of Nepāla, those living about the east sea and on the banks of the Śoṇa will suffer and women, princes, soldier boys and men of letters will perish”.
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
Kṣitisuta (क्षितिसुत).—
1) a tree; गिरिप्रकाशान् क्षिति- जान् भञ्जेयमनिलो यथा (giriprakāśān kṣiti- jān bhañjeyamanilo yathā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.197.19.
2) an earth worm.
3) the planet Mars.
4) Name of the demon Naraka killed by Viṣṇu. Śiśupālavadha 8.15.
-jam the horizon.
-jā an epithet of Sītā.
Derivable forms: kṣitisutaḥ (क्षितिसुतः).
Kṣitisuta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣiti and suta (सुत). See also (synonyms): kṣitija, kṣitiruha.
Kṣitisuta (क्षितिसुत).—m.
(-taḥ) 1. A name of the demon Naraka, also of 2 Mars. E. kṣiti and suta a son.
1) Kṣitisuta (क्षितिसुत):—[=kṣiti-suta] [from kṣiti > kṣi] m. (= -ja) the planet Mars, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of the demon Naraka, [Horace H. Wilson]
Kṣitisuta (क्षितिसुत):—[kṣiti-suta] (taḥ) 1. m. The demon Naraka; the god of war.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kshiti, Suta, Sutta.
Full-text: Kshitiruha, Kshitija.
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