Jyotishtoma, Jyotiṣṭoma: 12 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Vedanta
India history
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
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Introduction:

Jyotishtoma means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Jyotiṣṭoma can be transliterated into English as Jyotistoma or Jyotishtoma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Jyotiṣṭoma (ज्योतिष्टोम) is the name of a sacrifice of many great rites, as mentioned in the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.6. Accordingly, as Śiva said to Sandhyā:—“[...] The river Candrabhāgā arose being created by Brahmā for the redemption of the moon from the curse. It was then that Medhātithi arrived here. There is none equal to him in penance. There has never been such a person, nor will there ever be one. He has now started the sacrifice of Jyotiṣṭoma of many great rites. In that blazing sacrificial fire you shall cast off your body. You are pure now. May your other desires be also fulfilled”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

Source: SOAS: Philosophy of Advaita Vedānta according to Madhusūdana Sarasvatī's Gūḍhārthadīpikā

Jyotiṣṭoma (ज्योतिष्टोम) refers to a “sacrifice in order to attain the heaven” representing a Vedic rituals performed for some personal gain.—Each chapter of the Bhagavadgītā describes various aspects of the means to liberation (mukti/mokṣa), which is considered the highest good in Vedānta. Śaṃkara also holds the purpose of the Bhagavadgītā to be the attainment of liberation, quickly declaring knowledge of the self, preceded by renunciation of all actions to be its means. The performance of disinterested actions, i.e. actions performed after renouncing its fruits, is combined with the forsaking of both those Vedic rituals that are performed solely out of desire for some personal gain (kāmyakarma). These are: performance of the jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice in order to attain the heaven (jyotiṣṭomena svargakāmo yajeta), performance of the putreṣṭi sacrifice in order to have a son, performance of the kārīrī sacrifice to have rainfall etc.—(See Nikhilananda 1997: VS 1.7, p. 4 and Bhattacharya and Bhattacharya Śāstrī 1978-83: Vol. 3, part 1, p. 43).

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Jyotiṣṭoma.—(EI 4), name of a sacrifice. K Note: jyotiṣṭoma is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

jyōtiṣṭōma (ज्योतिष्टोम).—m (S) A particular sacrifice at which sixteen officiating priests are required. Hence used of a work or business in deriding its pretensions to grandeur or importance.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jyotiṣṭoma (ज्योतिष्टोम).—n.

(-maṃ) A particular sacrifice at which sixteen officiating priests are required. It is a sacrifice considered as the typical form of a whole class of sacrificial ceremonies. E. jyotis light, and stoma a sacrifice.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jyotiṣṭoma (ज्योतिष्टोम).—i. e. jyotis -stoma, m. One of the great sacrifices in which especially the juice of the Soma is offered, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 13, 45.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Jyotiṣṭoma (ज्योतिष्टोम) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Kāty. Bhr. 527.
—[commentary] by Kāśīdīkṣita. Peters. 2, 173.
—Baudh. Peters. 2, 178.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jyotiṣṭoma (ज्योतिष्टोम):—[=jyoti-ṣṭoma] [from jyoti > jyut] m. ([from] tis-stoma, [Pāṇini 8-3, 83]) Name of a Soma ceremony (typical form of a whole class of ceremonies consisting originally of 3, and later of 4, 5, or 7 subdivisions, viz. Agni-ṣṭoma (q.v.), Ukthya, and Ati-rātra, or in addition to these Ṣoḍaśin, Aty-agni-ṣṭoma, Vāja-peya, and Aptor-yāma), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā vii; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa x, xiii; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa iiietc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jyotiṣṭoma (ज्योतिष्टोम):—[jyoti-ṣṭoma] (maṃ) 1. n. A sacrifice in which 16 priests are required.

[Sanskrit to German]

Jyotishtoma in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jyōtiṣṭōma (ಜ್ಯೋತಿಷ್ಟೋಮ):—[noun] a religious sacrifice performed for getting into the heaven.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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