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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Pratidivasa (प्रतिदिवस) refers to “day by day”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 4), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The moon after quitting the place (direction) of the sun becomes illumined by the sun from below and she then also rises after the sun. Thus the lunar disc appears more and more illumined day by day [i.e., pratidivasa] by the sun according to her change of place, just in the same way as the western half of a pot becomes gradually illumined by the sun in the afternoon”.

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

Pratidivasa (प्रतिदिवस) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paidiyaha.

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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

Pratidivasa (ಪ್ರತಿದಿವಸ):—[noun] = ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ [pratidina]1.

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Pratidivasa (ಪ್ರತಿದಿವಸ):—[adverb] = ಪ್ರತಿದಿನಂ [pratidinam].

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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: Divasa, Prati.

Starts with: Pratidivasam.

Full-text: Pratidivasam, Paidiyaha, Pratidaivasika, Carpatika, Samuttarana.

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