Nadikayantra, Nāḍikāyantra, Nadika-yantra: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)Nāḍikāyantra (नाडिकायन्त्र) is another name for Nālikāyantra (Cf. Ghaṭikāyantra) refers to the “outflow water clock”.—in his Arthaśāstra, Kauṭilya prescribes that the outflow water clock (nālikā) should have a “perforation by [a needle made of] four māṣakas of gold and four aṅgulas in length”. It is highly probable that the unspecified metal in Āryabhaṭa’s verse is also gold. But a thin gold needle cannot pierce through a copper bowl. Hence Āryabhaṭa’s specification (and also Kauṭilya’s) should be understood to mean that “the perforation should be such that a gold wire, one pala in weight and eight aṅgulas in length, can pass through it”.
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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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Characteristics of Sandhana or Samdhana (liquors) < [Chapter XXXIII - Spirituous liquors (Sandhana or Samdhana)]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Alchemical apparatus (yantra) < [Chapter VI - Laboratory equipment]