Yavanajataka, Yavanajātaka: 4 definitions
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)Yavanajātaka (यवनजातक) (lit, “Greek Genethlialogy”) refers to the first Sanskrit text which describes Greek astrology in a systematic way.—The original text (now lost in Greek) was first translated into Sanskrit prose in A.D. 149/150 and it was versified in A.D. 269/270 by one Sphujidhvaja. The prose version is no longer extant. Sphujidhvaja enumerates seven planets on many occasions, but it is only toward the end of the work (chapter 77) that the weekday order is attested. This order does not seem to have been widespread in that period in India. Neither Rāhu nor Ketu appears in the Yavanajātaka.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Yavanajātaka (यवनजातक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. L. 1949 (Strījātaka). B. 4, 182. Ben. 31. Pheh. 7. Rādh. 35. Bhr. 349. Rice. 34.
—by Vṛddhayavanācārya. L. 2452. Oudh. Viii, 16. Xvi, 76. Xviii, 38. Oppert. Ii, 1993. See Vṛddhayavanajātaka.
2) Yavanajātaka (यवनजातक):—by Jñānarāja. Quoted by Divākara in Prauḍhamanoramā.
3) Yavanajātaka (यवनजातक):—jy. by Vṛddhayavanācārya. Io. 2520 ([fragmentary]). L. 2452 (Strījātaka).
4) Yavanajātaka (यवनजातक):—by Yavaneśvara. Rep. p. 8.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYavanajātaka (यवनजातक):—[=yavana-jātaka] [from yavana] n. Name of [work]
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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: Yavana, Jataka.
Ends with: Vriddhayavanajataka.
Full-text: Vriddhayavanajataka, Sphujidhvaja, Vriddhayavana acarya, Minarajajataka, Jataka, Drekkana.
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