The Sanskrit term Śītakara can be transliterated into English as Sitakara or Shitakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Śītakara (शीतकर) refers to the “moon” or “lunar disc” [?], according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 4), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the lunar disc [i.e., śītakara] be of ashy colour, of sharp rays or red, or rayless, or red black, or appear broken there will be fear of hunger, of war, of disease and of robbers. If the lunar disc should appear white and of the colour of the snow, of Kunda, of Kumuda and of crystal he brings prosperity on the land”.

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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

Śītakara (शीतकर).—

1) the moon.

2) camphor.

Derivable forms: śītakaraḥ (शीतकरः).

Śītakara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīta and kara (कर).

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Sitakara (सितकर).—

1) the moon.

2) camphor.

Derivable forms: sitakaraḥ (सितकरः).

Sitakara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sita and kara (कर).

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

Sitakara (सितकर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. The moon. 2. Camphor.

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

Śītakara (शीतकर).—1. [adjective] cooling.

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Śītakara (शीतकर).—2. [masculine] the moon (cold-rayed).

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Sitakara (सितकर).—[masculine] the moon (white-rayed).

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

1) Śītakara (शीतकर):—[=śīta-kara] [from śīta] mfn. causing coolness, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘cool-rayed’, the moon (ambhaḥ-śīta-k, the m° reflected in water, [Prabodha-candrodaya]), [Varāha-mihira; Kathāsaritsāgara]

3) [v.s. ...] camphor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Sitakara (सितकर):—[=sita-kara] [from sita] m. ‘wh°-rayed’, the moon, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

5) [v.s. ...] camphor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shitakara in German

context information

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

Śītakara (ಶೀತಕರ):—

1) [noun] = ಶೀತಕಿರಣ - [shitakirana -] 1.

2) [noun] camphor.

3) [noun] (pros.) a metrical foot consisting of one long syllablic instant followed by two short ones (-uu); dactylus.

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Sitakara (ಸಿತಕರ):—

1) [noun] the moon, whose light is milky-white.

2) [noun] (math.) a symbol for the number one.

context information

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

1) Śītakara (शीतकर):—adj. causing cold;

2) Śītakara (शीतकर):—n. 1. moon; 2. camphor;

context information

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.

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Partial matches: Sita, Kaara, Kara.

Starts with: Shitakaradhara, Shitakaran, Shitakarana.

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