Nakshatrapurusha, Nakṣatrapuruṣa, Nakshatra-purusha: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nakṣatrapuruṣa can be transliterated into English as Naksatrapurusa or Nakshatrapurusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNakṣatrapuruṣa (नक्षत्रपुरुष):—(na + pu) m. Mondstationenmann; in der Astrol. eine die Mondstationen darstellende menschliche Figur (die Füsse stellen z. B. Mūla dar, die Kehle Jyeṣṭhā). Abgekürzt auch eine Cerimonie, bei der eine solche Figur verehrt wird. [VĀMANA][?-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher in Verz. der Oxf. Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 46,b,5 v. u.] Auch puruṣaka in der ersten Bed. [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 105, 5.] — Vgl. kālapuruṣa .
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Nakṣatrapuruṣa (नक्षत्रपुरुष):—, vrata n. Bez. einer best. Begehung [Oxforder Handschriften 34,b,34. 40,b,38.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNakṣatrapuruṣa (नक्षत्रपुरुष):—m. —
1) in der Astrol. eine die Mondhäuser darstellende menschliche Figur. —
2) eine Ceremonie , bei der eine solche Figur verehrt wird.
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: Purusha, Nakshatra.
Starts with: Nakshatrapurushaka, Nakshatrapurushakosha, Nakshatrapurushavrata.
Full-text: Nakshatrapurushavrata, Nakshatrapurushaka, Shivanakshatrapurushavrata, Nakshatrapurushakosha, Brahmahatti.
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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 4.2d - Nakṣatrapuruṣa-vrata < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Religion and Rituals: Vaiṣṇava < [Chapter 5 - Cultural history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
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Karmic Astrology—a Study (by Sunita Anant Chavan)
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