Vakragati, Vakra-gati: 7 definitions
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Vakragati means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Vakragati (वक्रगति):—Unsteady gait.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
vakragati (वक्रगति).—f (S) Sinuous or devious course or going. 2 Retrogression, i.e. motion from Aries towards, not Taurus, but Pisces. 3 attrib. also vakragāmī a Retrogressive;--used of a planet. 4 Of crooked course or procedure, lit. fig.
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
Vakragati (वक्रगति).—a.
1) winding, meandering.
2) fraudulent, dishonest.
-tiḥ f.) a crooked or tortuous motion, winding gait.
Vakragati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vakra and gati (गति). See also (synonyms): vakragāmin.
1) Vakragati (वक्रगति):—[=vakra-gati] [from vakra > vaṅk] mfn. = [preceding] [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] = -gāmin, [Harivaṃśa]
3) [v.s. ...] f. crooked or winding course, apparent retrograde motion or retrogression (said of the course of a planet), [Sūryasiddhānta]
Vakragati (वक्रगति):—Adj. —
1) sich schlängelnd. —
2) = vakraga.
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
Vakragati (ವಕ್ರಗತಿ):—
1) [noun] a moving in a zig-zag, crooked course.
2) [noun] the bending of a river (at the point where it changes its course).
3) [noun] degrated, disgraceful demeanor or department.
4) [noun] (astrol.) the unfavourable aspect of an astrological planet.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Vakragati (वक्रगति):—n. 1. (of a planet) retrograde motion; crooked or zigzag movement; 2. the planet Mars; 3. the planet Saturn; adj. 1. retrograde (of motion); 2. crooked or zigzag;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text: Vakracara, Vakrgati, Vakragamin.
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