Navamamsha, Navamāṃśa, Navama-amsha, Navamaṃsa: 6 definitions
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Navamamsha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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 Navamāṃśa can be transliterated into English as Navamamsa or Navamamsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Navamāṃśa (नवमांश) or Navamabhāga refers to the “ninth part” (i.e., one-ninth) in Bhinna (“fractions”) and Bhāga (“unit fractions”), which refers to one of the twenty operations (logistics) of pāṭīgaṇita (“science of calculation which requires the use of writing material—the board”), according to Pṛthudakasvāmī’s commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta, a Sanskrit treatise on ancient Indian mathematics (gaṇita-śāstra) and astronomy from the 7th century.—In the Śulba, unit fractions are denoted by the use of a cardinal number with the term bhāga or aṃśa; [...]. The use of ordinal numbers with the term bhāga or aṃśa is also quite common, e.g., pañcama-bhāga (“fifth part”) is equivalent to one-fifth, and so on [e.g., navamāṃśa].
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Navamāṃśa (नवमांश):—[from navama > nava] m. (in [astrology]) = navāṃśa.
Navamāṃśa (नवमांश):—m. = navāṃśa [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 264.]
Navamāṃśa (नवमांश):—m. = navāṃśa.
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.
Pali-English dictionary
navamaṃsa (နဝမံသ) [(na) (န)]—
[nava(1)+maṃsa]
[နဝ(၁)+မံသ]
[Pali to Burmese]
navamaṃsa—
(Burmese text): ၉မျိုးသော အသား၊ အသား ၉-မျိုး။
(Auto-Translation): Nine types of meat, meat of nine varieties.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Navama, Amsha.
Full-text (+0): Amshakundali, Navamabhaga.
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