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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Ravisuta (रविसुत) is another name for Saturn, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 15) (“On the nakṣatras—‘asterisms’”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “That constellation in which the Sun and Saturn [i.e., ravisuta] might happen to be together or through which Mars might happen to pass or in which the retrograde motion of a planet might lie or in which a lunar or solar eclipse might take place or through which the moon might pass, will bring misery to the persons and objects it represents. If on the other hand the constellation should be free from any such affection, the same persons or objects will prosper”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Ravisuta (रविसुत).—[masculine] the son of the sun; [Epithet] of the planet Saturn & of the monkey Sugrīva.

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

1) Ravisuta (रविसुत):—[=ravi-suta] [from ravi] m. ‘son of the sun’, Name of the planet Saturn, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] of the ape Su-grīva, [Raghuvaṃśa]

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Ravisuta 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.

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Partial matches: Ravi, Suta.

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Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)

Verse 23.1 < [Chapter 24 - Horoscope of the Female]

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Verse 22.6 < [Chapter 23 - Undesirable Combinations]

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