Vishamacchaya, Viṣamacchāyā: 2 definitions
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Vishamacchaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Viṣamacchāyā can be transliterated into English as Visamacchaya or Vishamacchaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vishamachchhaya.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣamacchāyā (विषमच्छाया).—f.
(-yā) The shadow of the gnomon at noon when the sun is in the equinoxes. E. viṣama oblique, and chāyā shadow.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣamacchāyā (विषमच्छाया):—[=vi-ṣama-cchāyā] [from vi-ṣama] f. ‘uneven-shadow’, the shadow of the gnomon at noon when the sun is on the equinoctial line, [Horace H. Wilson]
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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Partial matches: Vishama.
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