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वराहमिहिर (varAhamihira)

 
Capeller Eng
English
वराहमिहिर
m.
N.
 of an astronomer.
Apte 1890
English
वराहमिहिर A celebrated astronomer, author of the Bṛhat Saṃhitā. He died in 587 A. D.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वराह—मिहिर
m.
N.
 of an astronomer (son of Āditya-dāsa and author of the Bṛhaj-jātaka, Bṛhat-saṃhitā, Laghu-jātaka, Yoga-yātrā, Pañca-siddhāntikā
in the last of these works he takes 506
A.
 D. as the epoch of his calculations),
IW.
 176
&c.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
वराहमिहिरः
पुं*
 वराहः-मिहिरः -
"एक विख्यात ज्योतिर्वेत्ता, बृहत्संहिता का प्रणेता"
वराहमिहिरः
पुं*
 - -
"एक प्रसिद्ध ज्योतिर्विद्, बृहत्संहितानामक् पुस्तक का रचयिता।"
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
वराहमिहिर son of Ādityadāsa, father of Pṛthuyaśas.
In the Pañcasiddhāntika he takes 506 AD. as the
epoch year of his calculations:
Ārūḍhajātaka.
Kālacakra.
Kriyākairavacandrikā (?). Mysore 3.
Jalārgala. Oppert II, 3146. This is the 54th
chapter of the Bṛhatsaṃhitā, entitled Dagārgala.
Jātakakalānidhi.
Jātakasarasī.
Jātakasāra, probably the Laghujātaka.
Daivajñavallabhā.
Pañcasiddhāntikā.
Praśnacandrikā.
Prāsādalakṣaṇa. Oppert II, 2959. This is the
56th chapter of the Bṛhatsaṃhitā.
Bṛhajjātaka or Horāsāra q. v.
Bṛhatsaṃhitā.
Bṛhadaṣṭavarga. Oppert 1287. The ninth
adhyāya in the Bṛhajjātaka is called Aṣṭaka-
vargādhyāya.
Bṛhadyātrā.
Mayūracitraka.
Muhūrtagrantha.
Yogayātrā.
Yogārṇava.
Laghujātaka or Sūkṣmajātaka or Svalpajātaka.
Vaṭakalikā.
Sārāvalī.
Varāhamihirīya jy. Oppert II, 5560.
Some verses of his are given in Aucityavicāra-
carcā 26, Śp. p. 82. Skm. Sbhv.
वराहमिहिर
Jātakārṇava (?).
Saṃvatsaraphala.
वराहमिहिर
Aṅkacūḍāmaṇi.
Pratyantaradaśāsaṃgraha.
Capeller
German
वराहमिहिर
m.
 N. eines Astronomen.