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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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

Nisrāva (निस्राव) [=Nisrāvaka?] (Cf. Prasruta) means “to discharge”, according to Bhāskara’s commentary on the Āryabhaṭīya.—Accordingly, “'How then is the one-sixtieth part of a nychthemeron to be determined?’ To this question, [the following] has to be said. In this connection some say: ‘The Ghaṭikā-yantra is a vessel [made out] of one of the metals like gold, silver or copper, hemispherical in shape (lit. semicircular), which holds sixty palas of water and which is filled with or discharges [i.e., nisrāvaka] [the same amount of water]’ [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nisrava (निस्रव) or Nisrāva (निस्राव).—

1) A stream, torrent.

2) The scum of boiled rice.

3) Flowing forth.

Derivable forms: nisravaḥ (निस्रवः), nisrāvaḥ (निस्रावः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Nisrāva (निस्राव).—m. (Sanskrit not in this sense), issue (of the body) = offspring: mamaiṣo aṅga-nisrāvo (mss. niśr°) Mahāvastu iii.144.8, fruit of my body.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nisrāva (निस्राव).—m.

(-vaḥ) 1. The scum of boiled rice. 2. A torrent. E. ni before, sru to ooze or drop, aff ghañ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nisrava (निस्रव).—nisrāva, i. e. ni sru + a, m. A torrent, Mahābhārata 11, 161; [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 5364.

Nisrava can also be spelled as Nisrāva (निस्राव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nisrava (निस्रव).—[masculine] flowing down, stream, torrent.

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Nisrāva (निस्राव).—[masculine] flowing down, stream, torrent.

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

1) Nisrava (निस्रव):—[=ni-srava] [from ni-sru] (also for niḥ-sr) m. flowing down or out, stream, torrent, [Mahābhārata]

2) Nisrāva (निस्राव):—[=ni-srāva] [from ni-sru] m. idem, [Harivaṃśa]

3) [v.s. ...] the scum of boiled rice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. niḥ-sr).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nisrāva (निस्राव):—[ni-srāva] (vaḥ) 1. m. The scum of rice.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Niśrāva (निश्राव) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇīsava.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nisrava 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Niśrāva (ನಿಶ್ರಾವ):—[noun] the creamy layer formed on the strained thick water in which rice is cooked.

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Nisrāva (ನಿಸ್ರಾವ):—

1) [noun] a steady flow (as of water in a stream).

2) [noun] the strained thick water in which rice is cooked.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shrava, Ni.

Starts with: Nisravaka.

Full-text: Nihsrava, Nisava, Nisravaka, Prasruta.

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