Vinadika, Vināḍikā: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)Vināḍikā (विनाडिका) refers to a “pala”.—In his commentary on the Āryabhaṭīya, Bhāskara I explains that the time taken to utter sixty long syllables (guru-akṣaras) is one vināḍikā, and then cites the first of our three verses which consists exactly of sixty long syllables. ‘Pala’ being a synonym of vināḍikā, palavṛtta designates a verse consisting of sixty long syllables, the reciting of which takes one pala of time, i.e. twenty-four seconds.
Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical TermsVināḍikā (विनाडिका).—A unit of time, being one-sixth of a ghaṭikā equivalent to 24 seconds. Note: Vināḍikā is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVināḍikā (विनाडिका).—A measure of time equal to one-sixtieth part of Ghaṭikā or equal to 24 seconds.
See also (synonyms): vināḍi.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVināḍikā (विनाडिका).—f.
(-kā) The 60th part of an Indian hour. E. vi, and nāḍikā a Nari, or hour of twenty-four minutes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVināḍikā (विनाडिका):—[=vi-nāḍikā] [from vi] f. a period of 24 seconds (the 60th part of a Nāḍī or Indian hour), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Yājñavalkya [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVināḍikā (विनाडिका):—[vi-nāḍikā] (kā) 1. f. The 60th part of an hour of 24 minutes.
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Starts with: Vinatikai.
Full-text: Vinatikai, Ghatika, Prana, Vinadi, Palavritta, Gurvakshara.
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