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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Sarvadhārin (सर्वधारिन्) refers to the twenty-second of the sixty-year cycle of Jupiter, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The first year of the next yuga sacred to Tvaṣṭā is known as Sarvajit. The next year is known as Sarvadhārin. The next three years are—Virodhī, Vikṛta and Khara: in the second of these, mankind will be happy and they will be afflicted with fears in the other years”.

Source: The effect of Samvatsaras: Satvargas

Sarvadhārin (सर्वधारिन्) refers to the twenty-second saṃvatsara (“jovian year)” in Vedic astrology.—If the birth occurs in the ‘samvatsara’ of ‘sarvadharin’ the native is the master of a retinue of servants and he enjoys many kinds of comforts and pleasures. He is endowed with beauty, likes sweet foods, has patience and endurance and obeys (follows) traditions and conventions.

According with Jataka Parijata, the person born in the year sarvadharin (2008-2009 AD) will be well-to-do, versed in the arts and liked by kings.

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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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sarvadhārin (सर्वधारिन्).—m. Name of Śiva.

Sarvadhārin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sarva and dhārin (धारिन्).

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

1) Sarvadhārin (सर्वधारिन्):—[=sarva-dhārin] [from sarva] m. ‘all-holder’, Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] of the 22nd year of Jupiter’s cycle of 60 years (also dhārī f. [according to] to some), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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Sarvadharin 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: Sharva, Dharin, Carva.

Full-text (+80): Sarvadhari, Sarvatari, Vikrita, Sarvajit, Virodhin, Shurparaka, Kadhevalipallika, Nannapaiya, Madhuvalaiya, Vavanaiya, Manegrama, Candramandala, Shurparakashatshashti, Ramba, Vambana, Kusumbi, Keshavabhatta, Nagadevaiya, Risiyapaiya, Varali.

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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)

Chapter 8 - On the course of Jupiter (bṛhaspati-cāra)

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