Tajikanilakanthi, Tājikanīlakaṇṭhī, Tajika-nilakanthi: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Tājikanīlakaṇṭhī (ताजिकनीलकण्ठी) (authored by Nīlakaṇṭha Daivajña in 1587) refers to a most popular textbook dealing with the Tājika doctrine: a Sanskritized version of Perso-Arabic astrology sharing a core of pre-Islamic Indian jyotiṣa and Hellenistic astrology.—The work consists of three volumens: Saṃjñātantra (basic principles and terminology), Varṣatantra (annual prognostication) and the received text of the Praśnatantra (interrogations).
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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Partial matches: Tajika, Nilakanthi.
Full-text: Prashnatantra, Varshatantra, Samjnatantra.
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Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology (by Martin Gansten)
6.1. Tājika Works and Authorities Cited < [Introduction]
2. Arabic Sources and Early Reception < [Introduction]
History of Science in South Asia
The Sanskrit and Arabic Sources of the Praśnatantra Attributed to Nīlakaṇṭha < [Vol. 2 (2014)]
Origins of the Tājika System of Astrological Aspects and Dignities < [Vol. 6 (2018)]
Indian Astronomy (a source book) (by B. V. Subbarayappa)
Part 9 - Transmission (of Indian astronomy) < [Introduction]