The Sanskrit terms Śucībhū and Śucibhū can be transliterated into English as Sucibhu or Shucibhu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shuchibhu.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Śucibhū (शुचिभू) [=Śucibhūma?] refers to “pure ground”, according to Govinda Daivajña’s Pīyūṣadhārā (verse p.424), a commentary on Rāma Daivajña’s Muhūrtacintāmaṇi (AD 1600).—Accordingly, “[...] After having seen the rise of half of the Sun’s orb, or the setting of the half likewise, the instrument having the aforementioned characteristics should be deposited, with this sacred formula.—{‘Should be deposited’ means ‘in a basin filled with water’. Thus spoke Nārada: In a copper basin, which is filled with water, which is decorated with sandal paste and flowers, which is situated upon grains of rice on a pure ground [i.e., śucibhūma], and which is endowed with jewels (ratnayuta), after noticing the rise of half of the Sun’s orb, [the bowl] should be deposited. He also taught the sacred formula.}—[...]”.

context information

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

Śucībhū (शुचीभू):—[=śucī-√bhū] [from śucī > śuc] [Parasmaipada] -bhavati, to be pure (in a ceremonial sense), [Pañcatantra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shucibhu in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhu, Shuci.

Starts with: Shucibhuma, Shucibhuta.

Full-text: Shuciyati, Shucibhuma.

Relevant text

No search results for Shucibhu, Shuci-bhu, Śucībhū, Śucī-bhū, Śucibhū, Sucibhu, Suci-bhu, Śuci-bhū; (plurals include: Shucibhus, bhus, Śucībhūs, bhūs, Śucibhūs, Sucibhus) in any book or story.