The Sanskrit term Piśācālaya can be transliterated into English as Pisacalaya or Pishacalaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Pishachalaya.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Piśācālaya (पिशाचालय) refers to “phosphorescent appearances”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Having examined the treatises of Garga, Parāśara, Asita, Devala and many others on Ketus, I now proceed to give a clear account of the same. The reappearance or disappearance of the Ketus is not subject to astronomical calculations. The Ketus are of three kinds—celestial, etherial and terrestrial. Ketus are luminous appearances resembling fíre but without the power to consume objects—the glow worm, certain phosphorescent appearances [i.e., piśācālaya], gems, precious stones and the like excepted”.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Piśācālaya (पिशाचालय).—phosphorescence.

Derivable forms: piśācālayaḥ (पिशाचालयः).

Piśācālaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms piśāca and ālaya (आलय).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piśācālaya (पिशाचालय).—m.

(-yaḥ) Phosphorescense.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piśācālaya (पिशाचालय):—[from piśāca > piś] m. ‘abode of P°s’, phosphorescence, [Varāha-mihira]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pishacalaya in German

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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: Pishaca, Alaya.

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