Shauklya, Śauklya: 10 definitions
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Shauklya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Śauklya can be transliterated into English as Sauklya or Shauklya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsŚauklya (शौक्ल्य):—[śauklyaṃ] Whiteness, clearness, the quality or state of being white
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraŚauklya (शौक्ल्य) refers to the “becoming illumed” (illumination), 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 [i.e., śauklya] by the sun from below and she then also rises after the sun. Thus the lunar disc appears more and more illumined [i.e., śauklya-parivṛddhi] day by day 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”.
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 dictionaryŚauklya (शौक्ल्य).—Whiteness, clearness; शौक्ल्यं गताः कुन्तलाः (śauklyaṃ gatāḥ kuntalāḥ) Sūkti.5.81.
Derivable forms: śauklyam (शौक्ल्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚauklya (शौक्ल्य).—n.
(-klyaṃ) Whiteness, clearness. E. śukla white, aṇ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚauklya (शौक्ल्य).—i. e. śukla + ya, n. Whiteness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚauklya (शौक्ल्य).—[neuter] whiteness, clearness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚauklya (शौक्ल्य):—[from śaukla] n. whiteness, brightness, clearness, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Vedāntasāra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚauklya (शौक्ल्य):—(klyaṃ) 1. n. Whiteness.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusŚauklya (ಶೌಕ್ಲ್ಯ):—[noun] pure white colour.
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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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 5 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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