Alternative spellings of this word include Turagopacharaka.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Turagopacāraka (तुरगोपचारक) refers to “horse-keepers”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 10), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the course of Saturn should lie through the first constellation of Aśviṇī, horses, horse-keepers [i.e., turagopacāraka], poets, physicians and ministers will perish. If it should lie through the constellation of Bharaṇi, dancers, players on musical instruments, vocal singers, low people and deceitful men will perish. If his course should lie through the constellation of Kṛttikā, persons that live by fire and commanders of armies will perish; and if through Rohiṇ, the people of Kośala, of Madra, Kāśī or Benares, of Pāñcāla and carriage drivers will suffer”.

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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

Turagopacāraka (तुरगोपचारक).—a groom.

Derivable forms: turagopacārakaḥ (तुरगोपचारकः).

Turagopacāraka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms turaga and upacāraka (उपचारक).

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

Turagopacāraka (तुरगोपचारक):—[=tura-gopacāraka] [from tura-ga > tura > tur] m. = ga-rakṣa, [x, 3]

[Sanskrit to German]

Turagopacaraka 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.

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Partial matches: Turaga, Upacaraka, Tura.

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