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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Utkramaṇa (उत्क्रमण).—(also known as utkramajyā) R versed sine. Note: Utkramaṇa is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

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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.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: academia.edu: Chapter Nineteen of the Kakṣapuṭatantra

Utkramana (उत्क्रमन) or Utkrānti refers to the “yoga of dying” according to Tantric texts such as the Kubjikāmatatantra and Saṃvarodayatantra.—When a practitioner realizes that his death is approaching through signs of death, the second option that he can take is to prepare for death. Utkramaṇa or Utkrānti is well known in Tantric texts as the yoga for preparing for death. In this yoga, a practitioner pulls his prāṇa out of his body and attains mokṣa or liberation. The practitioner shuts all holes in his body, i.e. anus, genitals, navel, mouth, nose, ears and eyes; then he pulls out his prāṇa through brahmarandhra, i.e. the aperture in the crown of the head. This yogic practice presumes a link between the next world, where the person will be reborn, and a hole through which oneʼs prāṇa gets away from oneʼs body.

The Kubjikāmatatantra 23.112-119 explains the yoga of dying in detail, mentioning an āsana or sitting posture called Kukkuṭāsana (sometimes suggested as utkatāsana), which is effective for shutting all holes in the body. The Saṃvarodayatantra 19.27-39 also explains the procedure of the yoga of dying and the relationship between the next world where a person will be reborn and the hole through which oneʼs prāṇa gets away from the body.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

utkramaṇa (उत्क्रमण).—n S Proceeding up or out; ascending, soaring; departure, egress.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Utkramaṇa (उत्क्रमण).—

1) Going up or out, departure.

2) Ascent, soaring aloft.

3) Surpassing, exceeding.

4) The flight or passage of the soul (out of the body), i. e. death (= prāṇotkramaṇam) देहादुत्क्रमणं चास्मात्पुनर्गर्भे च संभवम् (dehādutkramaṇaṃ cāsmātpunargarbhe ca saṃbhavam) Manusmṛti 6.63; विष्वङ्ङ्न्या उत्क्रमणे भवन्ति (viṣvaṅṅnyā utkramaṇe bhavanti) Kaṭh.2.6.16; Ch. Up.8.6.6.

Derivable forms: utkramaṇam (उत्क्रमणम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utkramaṇa (उत्क्रमण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Going up or out. 2. Surpassing, exceeding. E. ut before kram to go, lyuṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utkramaṇa (उत्क्रमण).—i. e. ud-kram + ana, n. Departure, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 63.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utkramaṇa (उत्क्रमण).—[neuter] utkrānti [feminine] = [preceding]

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

1) Utkramaṇa (उत्क्रमण):—[=ut-kramaṇa] [from ut-kram] n. going up or out, soaring aloft, flight

2) [v.s. ...] stepping out, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Chāndogya-upaniṣad] etc., [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] surpassing, exceeding

4) [v.s. ...] departing from life, dying, death, [Kaṭha-upaniṣad] (cf. prāṇotkr.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Utkramaṇa (उत्क्रमण):—[utkra+maṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Idem.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Utkramaṇa (उत्क्रमण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ukkamaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Utkramana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Utkramaṇa (ಉತ್ಕ್ರಮಣ):—

1) [noun] the act of going up or moving in the sky; ascent.

2) [noun] a going to the region above; departure from this world; the flight of the soul; an instance of dying.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ut, Kramana.

Ends with: Pratyutkramana, Vyutkramana.

Full-text: Utkiramanam, Utkranti, Ukkamana, Pratyutkramana, Vyutkramana, Utkramajya.

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