Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit transliteration: jyotiṣa.
Derived from jyotis, light or a heavenly light. Jyotiṣa names the traditional discipline concerned with celestial lights and their reckoning.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: jyotis and jyotiṣa (University of Hyderabad) ↗
How we know · epistemology
Historical traditions and calculation
Texts and practitioners document several Indian systems of calendrics, astronomy and interpretation. A reliable almanac calculation supports its dates and positions; it does not independently establish the accompanying judgments about life events.
P. V. R. Narasimha Rao: Vedic Astrology, An Integrated Approach ↗
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