Kshudrajantu, Kṣudrajantu, Kshudra-jantu, Kshudrajamtu: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣudrajantu can be transliterated into English as Ksudrajantu or Kshudrajantu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Kṣudrajantu (क्षुद्रजन्तु) refers to “reptiles and venomous creatures” [?], according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).— Accordingly, “Maṇi Ketu is a comet which appears for only 3 hours occasionally; it possesses an invisible disc and appears in the west; its tail is straight and white and it resembles a line of milk drawn from a human breast. There will be happiness in the land from the very time of its appearance for four and a half months; reptiles and venomous creatures [i.e., kṣudrajantu] will come into existence”.
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
Kṣudrajantu (क्षुद्रजन्तु).—any small animal.
Derivable forms: kṣudrajantuḥ (क्षुद्रजन्तुः).
Kṣudrajantu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣudra and jantu (जन्तु).
Kṣudrajantu (क्षुद्रजन्तु).—m.
(-ntuḥ) 1. Any small animal. 2. A kind of worm, (Julus.) E. kṣudra small, and jantu animal.
Kṣudrajantu (क्षुद्रजन्तु).—[masculine] a small animal or a mean person.
1) Kṣudrajantu (क्षुद्रजन्तु):—[=kṣudra-jantu] [from kṣudra > kṣud] m. any small animal, [Pāṇini 2-4, 8; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Hitopadeśa]
2) [v.s. ...] a kind of worm (Julus, śata-padī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Kṣudrajantu (क्षुद्रजन्तु):—[kṣudra-jantu] (ntuḥ) 2. m. A kind of worm.
Kṣudrajantu (क्षुद्रजन्तु):—(kṣudra + jantu) m.
1) kleines Gethier [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 8.] ā nakulātkṣudrajantavaḥ [Scholiast] —
2) eine Art Insect, Julus (śatapadī) [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Kṣudrajantu (क्षुद्रजन्तु):—
1) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11, 45.]
Kṣudrajantu (क्षुद्रजन्तु):—m. —
1) ein kleines Thier [153,9.157,22.] —
2) *Hundertfuss , Julus. Vgl. [Mahābhāṣya 2,397,] a.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kṣudrajaṃtu (ಕ್ಷುದ್ರಜಂತು):—[noun] an insignificant or contemptible person or creature.
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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