Nakshatravidya, Nakṣatravidyā, Nakshatra-vidya: 10 definitions
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Nakshatravidya has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Nakṣatravidyā can be transliterated into English as Naksatravidya or Nakshatravidya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNakṣatravidyā (नक्षत्रविद्या):—(na + vi) f. Sternkunde [Chāndogyopaniṣad 7, 1, 2. 4.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 50.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNakṣatravidyā (नक्षत्रविद्या):—f. Sternkunde.
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: Nakshatra, Vidya.
Full-text: Aparavidya, Paravidya, Rashividya.
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