Shatabhishaj, Śatabhiṣak, Śatabhiṣaj, Shatabhishak, Shata-bhishaj: 10 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Vastushastra
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
Languages
1. Sanskrit
See also

Introduction:

Shatabhishaj means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 terms Śatabhiṣak and Śatabhiṣaj can be transliterated into English as Satabhisak or Shatabhishak or Satabhisaj or Shatabhishaj, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Śatabhiṣak (शतभिषक्).—A star.

He who gives gifts of fragrant materials like sandalwood on the day of this star will, after death, live with the apsarās and enjoy fragrant smell. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 64, Verse 30).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Śatabhiṣak (शतभिषक्).—A constellation.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 66. 51.

context information

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Wisdom Library: Vāstu-śāstra

Śatabhiṣaj (शतभिषज्) refers to the twenty-fifth of twenty-seven constellations (ṛkṣa), according to the Mānasāra. Ṛkṣa is the third of the āyādiṣaḍvarga, or “six principles” that constitute the “horoscope” of an architectural or iconographic object. Their application is intended to “verify” the measurements of the architectural and iconographic object against the dictates of astrology that lay out the conditions of auspiciousness.

The particular nakṣatra, also known as ṛkṣa (e.g., śatabhiṣaj) of all architectural and iconographic objects (settlement, building, image) must be calculated and ascertained. This process is based on the principle of the remainder. An arithmetical formula to be used in each case is stipulated, which engages one of the basic dimensions of the object (breadth, length, or perimeter/circumference). In the context of village planning and measurement, the text sates that among the stars (ṛkṣa), the ones that are pūrṇa (odd), are auspicious and the ones that are karṇa (even), inauspicious.

context information

Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: Bulletin of the French School of the Far East (volume 5)

Śatabhiṣaj (शतभिषज्) is the name of a Nakṣatra mentioned in chapter 18 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—Chapter 18 deals with geographical astrology and, in conversation with Brahmarāja and others, Buddha explains how he entrusts the Nakṣatras [e.g., Śatabhiṣaj] with a group of kingdoms for the sake of protection and prosperity.

The Śatabhiṣannakṣatra comprises the following realms:

Kia-tch'ö-pi-ti (Kachaviti?),
Po-li-tche (Parici?),
Long-houa (Nāgapuṣpa),
Kieou-tch'a-p'o (Kuṭava?),
Nan-t'i-po-t'an-na (Nandivardhana?),
P'o-leou-kia (Vālukā),
K'ien-t'o-kiu-tchö (Gandhakuṭī),
So[P'o]-mi-li (Samiri or Vamiri?),
Ye-chö-tch'a-kiu-li (Yaṣṭakuli?).

context information

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śatabhiṣaj (शतभिषज्).—f. Name of the 24th lunar mansion containing one hundred stars.

Śatabhiṣaj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and bhiṣaj (भिषज्). See also (synonyms): śatatārakā, śatabhiṣā.

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Śatabhiṣaj (शतभिषज्).—see °तारका (tārakā).

Śatabhiṣaj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śata and bhiṣaj (भिषज्).

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

Śatabhiṣaj (शतभिषज्).—f. (-ṣak) One of the lunar asterisms: see the next.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śatabhiṣaj (शतभिषज्).—[śata-bhiṣaj], and śata- bhiṣā śatabhiṣā (a mutilation of bhi- ṣaj), f. A lunar mansion.

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

1) Śatabhiṣaj (शतभिषज्):—[=śata-bhiṣaj] [from śata] mf. (śata.) ‘requiring a h° physicians’, Name of the 22nd or 24th Nakṣatra (containing 100 stars, one of which is λ Aquarii; its name is said to denote that Dhanvantari himself cannot cure a person affected with disease whilst the moon is in this asterism), [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [Pāṇini 4-3, 36]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śatabhiṣaj (शतभिषज्):—[śata-bhiṣaj] (k) 5. f. One of the lunar asterisms, the 25th.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shatabhishaj in German

context information

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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