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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Sauramāsa (सौरमास).—1. Time taken by the Sun to traverse each of the zodiacal constellations (rāśi). 2. Solar month. Note: Saura-māsa is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

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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: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sauramāsa (सौरमास).—a solar month (comprising thirty risings and settings of the sun).

Derivable forms: sauramāsaḥ (सौरमासः).

Sauramāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms saura and māsa (मास).

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

Sauramāsa (सौरमास).—m.

(-saḥ) A solar month, (consisting of thirty risings and settings of the sun.)

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

1) Sauramāsa (सौरमास):—[=saura-māsa] [from saura] m. a solar month, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) Sauramasa (सौरमस):—[from saura] m. a king of the Sūra-masas, [Pāṇini 4-1, 170.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Sauramasa 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

Sauramāsa (ಸೌರಮಾಸ):—[noun] a month in a solar calendar year; a solar month.

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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.

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Partial matches: Saura, Masha.

Starts with: Cauramacam.

Full-text: Suramasa, Parasiprakasha.

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