Vaishuvata, Vaiṣuvata: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Vaiṣuvata can be transliterated into English as Vaisuvata or Vaishuvata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaiṣuvata (वैषुवत).—a. (-tī f.) Relating to the equinox, equinoctial.
-tam 1 The equinox; स एष उदगयन- दक्षिणायनवैषुवतसंज्ञाभिः (sa eṣa udagayana- dakṣiṇāyanavaiṣuvatasaṃjñābhiḥ) Bhāgavata 5.21.3.
2) The centre.
See also (synonyms): vaiṣuvat.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaiṣuvata (वैषुवत).—[adjective] being in the middle (of the year etc.), central; [neuter] centre.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaiṣuvata (वैषुवत):—mf(ī)n. ([from] viṣu-vat) being in the middle of anything, middlemost, central, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Āpastamba]
2) relating to the equinox, equinoctial, [Sūryasiddhānta]
3) n. the middle of anything, centre, [Āpastamba]
4) the equinox, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
5) Name of a Brāhmaṇa, [Mānava-gṛhya-sūtra]
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