The Sanskrit term Uḍḍīśatantra can be transliterated into English as Uddisatantra or Uddishatantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (astronomy)

Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र) is the name of a work by Nāgārjuna used as a source for the Kautukāni (classified as literature dealing with astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The redactor of the present work introduces it as based on the Uḍḍīśa (Uḍḍīśatantra) by Nāgārjuna. Nāgārjuna uses the uḍḍīśa as a source in his Kakṣapuṭa and the Kakṣapuṭa deals with Kautukas. But they do not correspond. Nāgārjuna’s Yogaratnamālā which also deals with procedures enabling one to achieve extraordinary aims and healing of bodily disorders also represents the same trend, but is not identical with our text which would then be a kind of idiosyncratic Kautakasāroddhāra

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—tantra, attributed to Rāvaṇa. Io. 581. L. 989 (Haramekhalā). B. 4, 252. Ben. 42. Bik. 622. Rādh. 25. Oudh. V, 26. Viii, 32. Ix, 20. Xi, 20. Xv, 134 (according to the Virabhadramahātantra). Xvii, 92. Np. V, 134. Ix, 36. Oppert. 7589. Mentioned in Āgamatattvavilāsa. See Kuloḍḍiśa.

Uḍḍīśatantra has the following synonyms: Uḍḍīśaśāstra.

2) Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र):—Bl. 218 (inc.). 219 agrees with Io. 581 and L. 989.

3) Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र):—Ulwar 2060.

4) Uḍḍīśatantra (उड्डीशतन्त्र):—Cs 5, 6. Il. See Mahoḍḍīśatantra.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Uddisha, Tantra.

Starts with: Uddishatantrasara.

Full-text: Haramekhala, Uddisha, Uddishashastra, Kautukani.

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