Ulkalakshana, Ulka-lakshana, Ulkālakṣaṇa: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ulkālakṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Ulkalaksana or Ulkalakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: JyotiṣaUlkālakṣaṇa (उल्कालक्षण) refers to the “signs of meteors” and is the name of the fifty-seventh chapter of the Gārgīyajyotiṣa. It is similar to the 33rd chapter of Vārahamihira’s work known as the Bṛhatsaṃhitā. The Gārgīyajyotiṣa is one of the most comprehensive of Garga’s texts and written in the form of a dialogue between Krauṣṭuki (Ṛṣiputra) and Garga discussing astral and other omens, comprising a total of sixty-two chapters (viz., ulkā-lakṣaṇa), known as aṅgas and summarized in the Aṅgasamuddiśa (“enumeration of the divisions”, introductory portion).
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 Catalogorum1) Ulkālakṣaṇa (उल्कालक्षण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—the 58th Pariśiṣṭa of the Av. W. p. 93.
2) Ulkālakṣaṇa (उल्कालक्षण):—Pariśiṣṭa 58 of the Av. Tb. 214.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryUlkālakṣaṇa (उल्कालक्षण):—[=ulkā-lakṣaṇa] [from ulkā] n. Name of the 58 Pariś of the [Atharva-veda]
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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