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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Rājadhānya (राजधान्य) refers to “dealers in Rājadhānya” [?], according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 15) (“On the nakṣatras—‘asterisms’”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Those who are born on the lunar day of Hasta will be thieves, dealers in elephants, charioteers, chief ministers, painters, merchants and dealers in pod-grains; learned in the Śāstras and of bright appearance. Those who are born on the lunar day of Citrā will be dealers in jewels, precious stones, fine cloths, writers and singers, manufacturers of perfumes, good mathematicians, weavers, surgeons, oculists and dealers in Rājadhānya. [...]”.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

rājadhānya (राजधान्य).—n S A grain, Panicum frumentaceum. Rox.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rājadhānya (राजधान्य).—Panicum Frumentaceum (Mar. sāṃvā).

Derivable forms: rājadhānyam (राजधान्यम्).

Rājadhānya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājan and dhānya (धान्य).

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

Rājadhānya (राजधान्य).—n.

(-nyaṃ) A sort of grain, (Panicum frumentaceum, Rox.) E. rāja royal, dhānya grain. “rājabhoga haimantika dhānya bhedaḥ .”

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

Rājadhānya (राजधान्य):—[=rāja-dhānya] [from rāja > rāj] n. ‘royal grain’, Panicum Frumentaceum or a kind of rice, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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

Rājadhānya (राजधान्य):—[rāja-dhānya] (nyaṃ) 1. n. A sort of grain.

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Rajadhanya 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.

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Partial matches: Dhanya, Rajan, Raja.

Full-text: Ganita, Tvashtra, Tantuvaya, Lekhya, Shalakya, Rathika, Tejas, Gandha, Tantu, Ganitapatu, Patu, Yukta, Shrutayukta, Bhushana.

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