Alternative spellings of this word include Samachaturbhuja.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Samacaturbhuja (समचतुर्भुज).—1. Square or Rhombus. 2. Quadrilateral with all four sides equal. Note: Sama-caturbhuja is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samacaturbhuja (समचतुर्भुज).—a rhombus.

Derivable forms: samacaturbhujaḥ (समचतुर्भुजः), samacaturbhujam (समचतुर्भुजम्).

Samacaturbhuja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sama and caturbhuja (चतुर्भुज).

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

Samacaturbhuja (समचतुर्भुज).—mn.

(-jaḥ-jaṃ) A rhombus.

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

1) Samacaturbhuja (समचतुर्भुज):—[=sama-catur-bhuja] [from sama] mfn. having four equal sides

2) [v.s. ...] m. or n. (?) a square or rhombus, [Colebrooke]

[Sanskrit to German]

Samacaturbhuja 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

Samacaturbhuja (ಸಮಚತುರ್ಭುಜ):—[noun] (geom.)a plane figure having four equal sides; a square or rhombus.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Samacaturbhuja (समचतुर्भुज):—n. a quadrilateral having equal sides;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bhuja, Caturbhuja, Cama, Sama.

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