Sahridayoras, Sahṛdayoras, Sahridaya-uras: 1 definition

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Sahridayoras means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Sahṛdayoras can be transliterated into English as Sahrdayoras or Sahridayoras, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika Astrology

Sahṛdayoras (सहृदयोरस्) refers to the “breast of connoisseurs”, according to the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Accordingly, [verse 20.8-9]: “Born from the oyster of my words that was nourished by a drop of the water of meaning from the large cluster of lotus flowers that is the Great Teaching composed by Śrī Khindika, these very pearls of the results of men’s nativities will by their merits [or: strands] become a necklace gracing the breast of connoisseurs (sahṛdayoras). [...]”.

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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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