Upakeshagaccha, Upakeśagaccha, Upakesha-gaccha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Upakeśagaccha can be transliterated into English as Upakesagaccha or Upakeshagaccha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Upakeshagaccha.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika AstrologyUpakeśagaccha (उपकेशगच्छ) refers to a particular lineage (gaccha) within the Śvetāmbara sect tracing its origin to Pārśvanātha.—The Trailokyaprakāśa of the Jain scholar Hemaprabhasūri is claimed on uncertain grounds to have been authored around 1248, which could make it the very first [i.e., preserved Sanskrit works dealing with the Tājika doctrine]; but the oldest dated manuscript of this text was copied more than two centuries later. Of the author himself nothing definite is known except that his guru, named several times in the text, was one Devendrasūri. The suffix sūri in this context probably indicates leadership of a lineage (gaccha) within the Śvetāmbara sect; the benedictory invocation being addressed to the Jina Pārśvanātha could possibly suggest this to be the now defunct upakeśagaccha, which was unique in tracing its origin to Pārśvanātha.
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: Upakesha, Gaccha.
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