Yunani, Yūnānī, Yuṉāṉi, Yunānī: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Yūnānī refers to “Graeco-Arabic medicine” which is a topic discussed in the second chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Chapter 1 (grahādhikāra) seems partly to depend on Indian sources, with mention of the four Hindu social classes and the three humours of Āyurveda (2.1–5, 9). Chapter 1 includes the fourfold qualities of hot, cold, moist and dry—alien to Āyurveda but used in Graeco-Arabic (Yūnānī) medicine.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Hindi dictionary
Yūnānī (यूनानी):—(a) of or belonging to [yūnāna] (Greece); (nm) a Greek; —[cikitsā-paddhati] Yunani system of medicine.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Yunāni (ಯುನಾನಿ):—[adjective] belonging to Greece, Turkey or any Muslim country.
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Yunāni (ಯುನಾನಿ):—
1) [noun] a man belonging to a foreign country esp. of Greece or Turky; a foreigner.
2) [noun] an adherent of Islam; a muslim.
3) [noun] the system of medicine developed by Muslim.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Yuṉāṉi (யுனானி) noun < Arabic yunāni. Greek school of medicine, practised by Indian Muhammadans; முகம்மதியவைத்தியர் கையாளும் கிரேக்க வைத்தியமுறை. [mugammathiyavaithiyar kaiyalum kirekka vaithiyamurai.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
Yunānī (युनानी):—adj. of/relating to Ionia; n. 1. a resident of Ionia; 2. a thing pertaining to Ionia; 3. the Greek language;
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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