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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नक्षत्रम्nakṣatramA star in general.

    [न क्षरति; Compare Uṇ.3.15 also]

    1. A star in general.
    2. A constellation, an asterism in the moon's path, lunar mansion; नक्षत्राणामहं शशी Bg.1.21. नक्षत्र- ताराग्रहसंकुलापि R.6.22; (they are twenty-seven).
    3. A pearl.
    4. A necklace of 27 pearls.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ईशः, -ईश्वरः, -नाथः, -पः, -पतिः, -राजः the moon; R.6.66.

    • -उपजीविन् an astrologer.

    • -कान्तिविस्तारः the white Yāvanāla flower.

    • -चक्रम्

      1. the sphere of the fixed stars.
      2. the lunar asterisms taken collectively.

    • -जातम् birth when the moon is in a particular Nakṣatra.

    • -दर्शः an astronomer or astrologer.

    • -नेमिः

      1. the moon.
      2. the pole-star.
      3. an epithet of Viṣṇu. (-मिः Feminine) Revatī, the last asterism.

    • -पथः the starry sky.

    • -पाठकः an astrologer.

    • -पुरुषः (in Astronomy) the figure of a man's body on the limbs of which are shown the various asterisms.

    • -भोगः the diurnal period of a Nakṣatra; भभोगोऽष्टशती लिप्ता Sūrya-siddhānta.

    • -माला

      1. a group of stars.
      2. a necklace of twenty-seven pearls; 'सैव नक्षत्रमाला स्यात् सप्तविंशतिमौक्तिकैः' Ak.; Śi.18.35; नक्षत्रमालाभरणमिव मदनद्विपस्य; K.; Kau. Atmanepada 2. 11.
      3. the table of the asterisms in the moon's path.
      4. a kind of neck-ornament of elephants; अनङ्गवारण- शिरोनक्षत्रमालायमानेन मेखलादाम्ना K.11.

    • -मालिनी Name of a flowering creeper (Marâthî जाई).

    • -योगः the conjunction of the moon with the lunar mansions.

    • -लोकः the starry region, the firmament.

    • -वर्त्मन् Neuter the sky.

    • -विद्या astronomy or astrology; Ch. Up.7.1.2.

    • -वृष्टिः Feminine shooting of falling stars.

    • -साधनम् calculation for the fixation of auspicious periods of Nakṣatras.

    • -सूचकः a bad astrologer; तिथ्युत्पत्तिं न जानन्ति ग्रहाणां नैव साधनम् । परवाक्येन वर्तन्ते ते वै नक्षत्रसूचकाः ॥ or अविदित्वैव यः शास्त्रं दैवज्ञत्वं प्रपद्यते । स पङ्क्तिदूषकः पापो ज्ञेयो नक्षत्रसूचकः ॥ Bṛi. S.2.17,18.

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  2. अवनक्षत्रम्avanakṣatramThe disappearance of the stars.

    The disappearance of the stars.

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  3. उपनक्षत्रम्upanakṣatramA subordinate constellation, secondary star (their number is said to be 729); सप्तविंशतिः सप्तविंश-…

    A subordinate constellation, secondary star (their number is said to be 729); सप्तविंशतिः सप्तविंश- तिर्होपनक्षत्राण्येकैकं नक्षत्रमुपतिष्ठन्ते Śat. Br.

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