The Sanskrit term Varṣatantra can be transliterated into English as Varsatantra or Varshatantra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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

Varṣatantra (वर्षतन्त्र) refers to the second volume of the Tājikanīlakaṇṭhī (authored by Nīlakaṇṭha Daivajña in 1587)—a most popular textbook dealing with the Tājika doctrine: a Sanskritized version of Perso-Arabic astrology sharing a core of pre-Islamic Indian jyotiṣa and Hellenistic astrology.—The work consists of three volumens: Saṃjñātantra (basic principles and terminology), Varṣatantra (annual prognostication) and the received text of the Praśnatantra (interrogations).

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Varṣatantra (वर्षतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. by Nīlakaṇṭha Daivajña. [Mackenzie Collection] 123. B. 4, 192. Ben. 26. Np. I, 146. H. 327. Peters. 3, 398.
—[commentary] Varṣatantraprakāśikā or Varṣatantrodāharaṇa by Viśvanātha, son of Divākara. L. 2754. Ben. 26. Oudh. Iii, 14. Np. I, 146. 150. Peters. 2, 194.

2) Varṣatantra (वर्षतन्त्र):—[dharma] by Rādhākṛṣṇa. Rādh. 19.

3) Varṣatantra (वर्षतन्त्र):—being the second part of Nīlakaṇṭha’s Tājika. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 94 ([anonymous]). Io. 1519. Rgb. 904. Stein 163.
—[commentary] Varṣatantraprakāśikā by Viśvanātha, son of Divākara. Io. 2182.
—[commentary] Śrīphalavardhinī by Harshadhara, son of Sudhādhara. Stein 163.

Varṣatantra has the following synonyms: Samāviveka.

4) Varṣatantra (वर्षतन्त्र):—jy. by Nīlakaṇṭha. As p. 169. Peters. 6, 440. See L.. 1126. C. Rasālā by Govinda, son of Nīlakaṇṭha. Bd. 857. C. by Mādhava. Peters. 5, 525.

Varṣatantra has the following synonyms: Samāviveka.

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

Varṣatantra (वर्षतन्त्र):—[=varṣa-tantra] [from varṣa] n. Name of various works.

[Sanskrit to German]

Varshatantra 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.

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Partial matches: Varsha, Tantra.

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