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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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

Tājikatantradīpa (ताजिकतन्त्रदीप) or Gurutājikatantradīpa by Śrī Khindika is the name of a work dealing with Tājika doctrine, according to the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Accordingly, [the text opens with the three stanzas]: “Bowing to Vāc, Gaṇapati, the foremost among the planets, that witness of actions whose attributes are imperceptible, and my teacher, I light a small lamp [called] Light on Actions from the Great Lamp [Illuminating] the Tājika Teaching (guru-tājikatantradīpa) composed by Śrī Khindika. [...]”.

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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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Partial matches: Dipa, Tajikatantra.

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