Jyotishka, Jyotiṣka: 21 definitions
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Jyotishka has 19 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Jyotiṣka can be transliterated into English as Jyotiska or Jyotishka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchJyotiṣka (ज्योतिष्क):—(von jyotis)
1) m. a) Lichtkörper, Lichtträger; nach den Jaina eine Klasse von Göttern mit 5 Abtheilungen: Sonne, Mond, Planet, Fixstern und Mondhaus [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 92.] — b) Name zweier Pflanzen: α) = gaṇikārikā Premna spinosa [Ratnamālā 5.] phala [Suśruta 2, 66, 1.] phalataila [87, 20.] — β) = citraka Plumbago zeylanica Lin. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) der Same von Trigonella foenum graecum (methikāvīja) ebend. — d) Nomen proprium eines Nāga [Mahābhārata 5, 3631]; vgl. jyotika . — e) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Burnouf 199.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 294 (64).] [Hiouen-Thsang II, 41.] —
2) f. ā Name einer Pflanze, = jyotiṣmatī [SVĀMIN] zu [Amarakoṣa] [Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) n. a) Bez. einer gegen die Finsterniss geschleuderten leuchtenden Waffe des Arjuna [Mahābhārata 7, 1325.] — b) Name der glänzenden Spitze des Meru [Mahābhārata 12, 10212.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungJyotiṣka (ज्योतिष्क):——
1) m. — a) *Pl. eine best. Gruppe von Göttern bei den Jaina. — b) Premna spinosa. — b) *Plumbago zeylanica. — c) *der Same von Trigonella_foenum graecum. — d) Nomen proprium — α) eines Schlangendämons. — β) eines Mannes. —
2) f. ā Cardiospermum Halicacabum. —
3) n. — a) eine best. gegen die Finsterniss geschleuderte leuchtende Waffe Arjuna's. v.l. jyautiṣa. — b) Nomen proprium einer glänzenden Spitze des Meru. — c) scheinbar = jyotiṣa —
4) [Pañcadaṇḍacchattrabandha ,] wo aber jyotiṣka ein verlesenes jyotiṣṣu ist. vid [Indische studien von Weber 15,406] wohl auch fehlerhaft.
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Starts with: Jyotishkalpa, Jyotishkalpalata, Jyotishkalpataru, Jyotishkalpavriksha, Jyotishkana, Jyotishkara, Jyotishkaranda, Jyotishkarmavipaka, Jyotitkarandaka, Jyotitkaumudi.
Ends with: Uphajyotishka.
Full-text (+8): Jyautisha, Deva, Joikka, Joikkha, Jyotishi, Shailarajasuta, Jyotika, Santaka, Rahu, Ketu, Anangana, Navagraha, Shukra, Shani, Candra, Trayastrimsha, Lokapala, Brihaspati, Savitra, Budha.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 4.12 - The subclasses of the stellar beings (jyotiṣka-deva) < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.41 - The minimum lifetime of the stellar beings (jyotiṣka-deva) < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Verse 4.40 - The maximum lifetime of the stellar beings (jyotiṣka-deva) < [Chapter 4 - The Celestial Beings]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 26: Śreyāṃsa’s samavasaraṇa < [Chapter I - Śreyāṃsanāthacaritra]
Part 13: Building of the samavasaraṇa < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]
Part 11: Origin of Dhūmaketu’s enmity < [Chapter VI - Marriage of Kṛṣṇa with Rukmiṇī and others]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 8 - On the celestial beings < [Chapter 2]
Part 10 - On the life of the celestial beings < [Chapter 5]
Part 5 - The abode of the gods < [Chapter 9]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXIX - Anaṅgaṇa Jātaka < [Volume II]
Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
Uncertain Tīrthaṅkaras < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Planatary Deities type of Śāntinātha Sculptures < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Jain Tutelary Couple or Parents of the Tīrthaṅkaras < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)