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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Mahīputra (महीपुत्र) (lit. “son of the earth”) refers to the planet Mars, according to the grahaśānti (cf. grahayajña) section of the Yājñavalkyasmṛti (1.295-309), preceded by the section called vināyakakalpa (1.271-294), prescribing a rite to be offered to Vināyaka.—[Names of grahas]—The nine grahas are enumerated in the week-day order plus Rāhu and Ketu. This verse is indispensable since in the rest of this section this order is presupposed and the nine grahas are referred to only by this order instead of by their names. The names are standard ones: Sūrya (Sun), Soma (Moon), Mahīputra (the son of the earth, i.e., Mars), Somaputra (the son of the Moon, i.e., Mercury), Bṛhaspati (Jupiter), Śukra (Venus), Śanaiścara (Saturn), Rāhu, and Ketu.

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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

Mahīputra (महीपुत्र).—

1) the planet Mars; तनयकृताश्च शुचो महीसुते (tanayakṛtāśca śuco mahīsute) Bṛ. S.

2) epithets of the demon Naraka.

Derivable forms: mahīputraḥ (महीपुत्रः).

Mahīputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahī and putra (पुत्र). See also (synonyms): mahīsuta, mahīsūnu.

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

1) Mahīputra (महीपुत्र):—[=mahī-putra] [from mahī > mah] m. a son of the earth, [Harivaṃśa]

2) [v.s. ...] the planet Mars, [Yājñavalkya]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahiputra 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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Partial matches: Putra, Mahi.

Full-text: Mahiputri, Mahisunu, Mahisuta, Shanaishcara, Soma, Shukra, Brihaspati, Somaputra, Kapila.

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