ज्योतिष

{ jyotiṣa(m), jyōtiṣa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

JYOTIṢA(M)   (Astronomy and astrology). Jyotiṣa is the science about the stars and heavenly bodies. The heavenly bodies are the sun, the moon, the other planets and the stars etc. From the very ancient days men believed that these planets and stars in the sky played an important part in controlling the growth and activities of all the living and non-living things in the world. Astrology has been a recognized science in Egypt, China and India from very ancient days. History tells us that 3000 years before Christ there were astronomers in Babylon. But even before that time astronomy had fully expanded and grown in Bhārata. The Vedas are supposed to have six Aṅgas (ancillaries) They are Śikṣā (Phonetics), Kalpa (ritual), Vyākaraṇa (Grammar), Jyotiṣa (astronomy) Chandas (metrics), and Nirukta (etymology). From this it can be said that the Indians had acknowledged Astronomy as an ancillary of the Vedas. The expounders of the Vedas say that Astronomy is the eye of the Vedas. Astronomy has two sides, the doctrinal side (Pramāṇabhāga) and the result-side (Phalabhāga). The Calendar is reckoned in accordance with the Pramāṇa-bhāga. Prediction and casting horoscopes of living beings is the Phala-bhāga. The astronomers have divided the sky that surrounds the earth into twelve parts called rāś is (zodiacs). All the stars of the first zodiac appear in the shape of a goat (Meṣa) so that zodiac was called Meṣa. Thus the zodiac in which the stars took the shape of an ox was called Ṛṣabha (ox). In the zodiac Mithuna the stars took the shape of a young couple. Karkaṭaka means crab. In that zodiac the stars appear in the shape of a crab. In the same way Siṁha means lion and Kanyā means a damsel. Tulā means balance and Vṛścika means scorpion; Dhanus means bow and Makara means Makara matsya (horned shark). Kumbha is a water pot and Mīna means fish. The name of the zodiac is according to the sign of the zodiac. That is, in what shape the stars in that particular zodiac appear to the people of the earth. The figure of the twelve zodiacs with the earth as centre is given below:-- Starting top left (clockwise) - Mīna -> Meṣa -> Ṛṣabha -> Mithuna -> Kumbha -> Karkaṭaka -> Makara -> Siṁha -> Dhanus -> Vṛścika -> Tulā -> Kanyā. In Kerala and some other places the zodiacs are marked to the right in order beginning with Meṣa, whereas it is marked to the left in the same order in some of the other parts of India. The earth completes one rotation in 60 Nāḍikās (24 minutes) i.e. 24 hours. In each rotation these twelve zodiacs face the earth. For a man standing at a particular point on the earth it will take 60% 12 i.e. 5 nāḍikās (two hours) on an average, for a zodiac to pass him. But it may vary in different places according to the difference of the shape of the earth. A month is the time the sun remains in a zodiac. The planet Jupiter takes a year and Saturn two years and a half on an average to pass a zodiac. The calendar shows which are the planets standing in each zodiac and how far they have travelled at a particular time in that particular zodiac. When a particular zodiac is in a particular region of the earth, a man born in that region is said to be born in that zodiac. When a particular place faces the zodiac of Meṣa the child which takes birth in that place is said to be born in the zodiac of Meṣa. The zodiac of birth is given the name Lagna by astronomers. Those who are well-versed in the resultside of astronomy are of opinion that the life, fortune etc. of living beings depend upon the position of the planets in relation to their lagnas.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  वह विद्या जिससे ग्रहों, नक्षत्रों आदि की दूरी, गति आदि जानी जाती है   Ex. ज्योतिष के दो प्रकार हैं ,गणित और फलित ।

HYPONYMY:

फलित ज्योतिष

ONTOLOGY:

प्राकृतिक विज्ञान (Natural Sciences) ➜ विषय ज्ञान (Logos) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

ज्योतिष-विद्या ज्योतिष-शास्त्र ज्योतिष विद्या ज्योतिष शास्त्र ज्योतिषविद्या ज्योतिषशास्त्र

Wordnet:

asmজ্যোতিষ

bdजोंलारि बिगियान

benজ্যোতিষ

gujજ્યોતિષ

kanಜೋತಿಷ್ಯ

kasعٔلمہِ نٔجوٗم

kokज्योतिशशास्त्र

malജ്യോതിശാസ്ത്രം

marफलज्योतिष

mniꯒꯔ꯭ꯍꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ꯭ꯐꯤꯕꯝ꯭ꯈꯪꯕꯒꯤ꯭ꯃꯍꯩ

nepज्योतिष

oriଜ୍ୟୋତିଷ

panਜੋਤਿਸ਼

sanज्योतिषशास्त्रम्

tamசோதிடம்

telజ్యోతిష్యం

urdعلم نجوم , نجوم , علم فلکیات

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : ज्योतिषतज्ञ, फलज्योतिष

A dictionary, Marathi and English

Astronomy or astrology. 2 The profession, situation, or office of astronomer.

मराठी पर्यायी शब्दकोश

ना.  खगोलशास्त्र , ज्योतिषशास्त्र , फलज्योतिष , भविष्यकथन , रमलविद्या .

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 न. १ ज्योति : शास्त्र ; ग्रहांची गति जाणण्याचीं विद्या ; सामुद्रिक व ग्रहज्योतिष . २ ज्योतिषाचा उद्योग व धंदा ; जोशीपणाची वृत्ति ; जोसकी . [ सं . ]
०चक्र  न. नक्षत्रगोल . [ सं . ]

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

noun  त्यो विद्या जसद्वारा ग्रह,नक्षत्र आदिको दुरत्व, गति आदि जानिन्छ   Ex. ज्योतिष दुई प्रकारका छन्,गणित र फलित

ONTOLOGY:

प्राकृतिक विज्ञान (Natural Sciences) ➜ विषय ज्ञान (Logos) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

ज्योतिष-विद्या ज्योतिष-शास्त्र ज्योतिष विद्या

Wordnet:

asmজ্যোতিষ

bdजोंलारि बिगियान

benজ্যোতিষ

gujજ્યોતિષ

hinज्योतिष

kanಜೋತಿಷ್ಯ

kasعٔلمہِ نٔجوٗم

kokज्योतिशशास्त्र

malജ്യോതിശാസ്ത്രം

marफलज्योतिष

mniꯒꯔ꯭ꯍꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ꯭ꯐꯤꯕꯝ꯭ꯈꯪꯕꯒꯤ꯭ꯃꯍꯩ

oriଜ୍ୟୋତିଷ

panਜੋਤਿਸ਼

sanज्योतिषशास्त्रम्

tamசோதிடம்

telజ్యోతిష్యం

urdعلم نجوم , نجوم , علم فلکیات

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ज्योतिष  m.  m. an astronomer, [Buddh.]; [L.]
the sun, [Gal.]
a particular magical formula for exorcising the evil spirits supposed to possess weapons, [R. i, 30, 6]
ज्योतिष  n.  n. ( g. उक्था-दि) the science of the movements of the heavenly bodies and divisions of time dependant thereon, short tract for fixing the days and hours of the Vedic sacrifices (one of the 6 kinds of वेदाङ्ग texts), [Āp.]; [MuṇḍUp. i, 1, 5]; [MBh.] xiif. &c.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ज्योतिष [jyōtiṣa] a.  a. (-षी f.) [ज्योतिः सूर्यादिगत्यादिकं प्रतिपाद्यतयाऽ स्त्यस्य अच्]
Astronomical or astrological.
-षः   An astronomer or astrologer.
षम् Astronomy, astrology, the science of the course of the heavenly bodies and divisions of time resting thereon; कलामात्रा- विशेषज्ञाञ् ज्योतिषे च परं गतान् [Rām.7.94.7.]
One of the six Vedāṅgas (being a short tract on astronomy).-Comp.
-विद्या   astronomical or astrological science.

Shabda-Sagara

ज्योतिष  mfn.  ( -षः-षी-षं) Astrological, astronomical, relating to the hea- venly bodies.
 mf.  ( -षः-षी) An astrologer.
 n.  ( -पं) Mathemetical, as- tronomical and astrological science, astronomy.
 f.  ( -षी) A star, a planet, a asterism.
E. ज्योतिस् light, especially of the heavenly bodies, affix अच्, fem. ङीष्.

ROOTS:

ज्योतिस् अच् ङीष्