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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Tāragraha (तारग्रह).—Above Nakṣatramaṇḍala; below this Budha moves.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 101. 31, 132.

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Tārāgraha (ताराग्रह) (Cf. Graha) refers to “star-planets”.—In Sanskrit texts, when ‘five planets’ excluding the Sun and the Moon are specifically intended, they are called tārāgraha (‘star-planets’) or aṅgārakādi (‘those which begin with Mars’).

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Tārāgraha (ताराग्रह).—Star planets, i.e., the planets Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Note: Tārā-graha is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

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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

Tārāgraha (ताराग्रह).—one of the 5 lesser planets exclusive of the sun and moon; Bṛ.S.69.1.

Derivable forms: tārāgrahaḥ (ताराग्रहः).

Tārāgraha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tārā and graha (ग्रह).

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

Tārāgraha (ताराग्रह):—[=tārā-graha] [from tārā > tāra] m. ‘star-planet’, one of the 5 lesser planets exclusive of the sun and moon, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā lxix, 1.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Taragraha 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Graha, Tara.

Full-text: Angarakadi, Graha, Bhargava, Budha, Tara.

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