Rajyabhisheka

The Sanskrit term Rājyābhiṣeka can be transliterated into English as Rajyabhiseka or Rajyabhisheka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?) "IAST stands for International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration") . Rājyābhiṣeka (राज्याभिषेक) refers to one of the topics discussed in the Śiśuhitā , a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.— The Śiśuhitā manuscript authored by Kṛṣṇarāma represents a primer on astrology, giving rules for calculation of nativities and most of the topics usually treated of in Indian astrological. It contains 2,457 ślokas .—The catalogue includes the term—Rājyābhiṣeka in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: rājyābhiṣekaḥ . 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. The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE. Rājyābhiṣeka (राज्याभिषेक) refers to a “royal inauguration”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Here [in this world], for that same man for whom the splendour of a royal inauguration ( rājyābhiṣeka-śrī ) is seen near daybreak, also on that day the smoke from [his] funeral pyre is seen”. Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness ( ahimsa ) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana , ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal. The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world. Rājyābhiṣeka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājya and abhiṣeka (अभिषेक). Rājyābhiṣeka (राज्याभिषेक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—from the Ṭoḍarānanda. Rgb. 868. 869. Rājyābhiṣeka (राज्याभिषेक):—m. Weihe zur Herrschaft , Fürstenweihe [Veṇīsaṃhāra 170.] [Indische studien von Weber 15,267] u.s.w. paddhati f. Titel eines Werkes [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa 2,339.3,190.] Vgl. p ; l' rājābhiṣeka . Rājyābhiṣēka (ರಾಜ್ಯಾಭಿಷೇಕ):—[noun] the formal coronation ceremony, crowning a man as the sovereign of the state. I humbly request your help to keep doing what I do best: provide the world with unbiased sources, definitions and images. Your donation direclty influences the quality and quantity of knowledge, wisdom and spiritual insight the world is exposed to.