Nihkshipa, Niḥkṣipa: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Niḥkṣipa can be transliterated into English as Nihksipa or Nihkshipa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)Niḥkṣipa (निःक्षिप) [from niḥkṣipet?] means “to deposit” [?], according to Govinda Daivajña’s Pīyūṣadhārā (verse p.424), a commentary on Rāma Daivajña’s Muhūrtacintāmaṇi (AD 1600).—Accordingly, “[...] After having seen the rise of half of the Sun’s orb, or the setting of the half likewise, the instrument having the aforementioned characteristics should be deposited [i.e., niḥkṣipa?—niḥkṣipet], with this sacred formula.—{‘Should be deposited’ means ‘in a basin filled with water’ [i.e., niḥkṣipa?—niḥkṣipejjalapūrṇapātra]. Thus spoke Nārada: In a copper basin, which is filled with water, which is decorated with sandal paste and flowers, which is situated upon grains of rice on a pure ground, and which is endowed with jewels (ratnayuta), after noticing the rise of half of the Sun’s orb, [the bowl] should be deposited [i.e., viniḥkṣipa—viniḥkṣipet]. He also taught the sacred formula.}—[...]”.
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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