Tajikashastra, Tājikaśāstra, Tajika-shastra: 2 definitions
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Tajikashastra 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 Tājikaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Tajikasastra or Tajikashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika AstrologyTājikaśāstra (ताजिकशास्त्र) refers to the Tājika doctrine i.e., Perso-Arabic astrology.—The text known as Karmaprakāśa represents one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Tājika and opens as follows: “[...] Extracting the best from that ocean of astrology which is the entire doctrine established by Śrī Garga and other sages and celebrated by Satya and other [Brahmans], made into the Tājika doctrine (tājakaśāstra / tājikaśāstra) by Romaka and other ancient Yavanas, and bowing to the lotus feet of my teacher, I shall explain that which is always astounding to embodied beings, the flavours of food and so forth. [...]”.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumTājikaśāstra (ताजिकशास्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Yavanācārya. Peters. 3, 398.
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: Shastra, Tajika.
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Full-text: Yavaneshvara, Yavanacarya.
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Significance of the Moon in Ancient Civilizations (by Radhakrishnan. P)
2. Envision of Astrology in Vedic Sense < [Chapter 5 - Adoration of the Sun and Moon]
Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology (by Martin Gansten)
2. Dexter and Sinister Aspects < [Chapter 2 - Aspects and Dignities]
3. The Itthaśāla Configuration < [Chapter 3 - The Sixteen Configurations]
4. The Signs of the Zodiac (rāśi-svarūpa) < [Chapter 1 - Fundamentals of Astrology and the Annual Revolution]