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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical Terms

Samasūtra (समसूत्र).—Secondary to the prime-vertical. Note: Sama-sūtra 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.

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)

Samasūtra (समसूत्र) refers to “(using the) same measurements”, according to the Mohacūrottara (verse 4.234-243).—Accordingly, [while describing the construction of the maṭha]—“[...] One should build the dwelling for ascetics with the same measurements (samasūtra) and a good design, [and] performing the veneration of the site (vāstupūjā), out of a desire to attain great merit. I will now describe to you this great merit in full. The reward gained from establishing a mobile image [i.e., an ascetic] in a maṭha is the same as the reward gained from establishing a fixed image in a temple. [...]”.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

samasūtra (समसूत्र).—n S A great circle passing through the poles of the prime vertical.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samasūtra (समसूत्र).—a. situated on the same diameter.

Samasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sama and sūtra (सूत्र). See also (synonyms): samasūtrasya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Sāmasūtra (सामसूत्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Daśavidhasāmasūtra.

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

Sāmasūtra (सामसूत्र):—[=sāma-sūtra] [from sāma > sāman] n. a Satra [work] belonging to the S°-v° (10 such works are enumerated), [Catalogue(s)]

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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: Sutra, Cama, Sama.

Starts with: Samasutraga, Samasutrapradakshina, Samasutrastha, Samasutrasya, Samasutravyakhya.

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Full-text: Samasutravyakhya, Samasutraga, Samasutrastha, Samasutrasya.

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