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Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan is a faculty of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the city of Varanasi in India. The Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan, also called SVDV, or the Faculty of SVDV, offers bachelor's , master's and doctoral degrees in the studies of ancient Indian Shastra , Sanskrit language and Sanskrit literature .
Jyotisha, states Monier-Williams, is rooted in the word Jyotish, which means light, such as that of the sun or the moon or a heavenly body. The term Jyotisha includes the study of astronomy , astrology, and the science of timekeeping using the movements of astronomical bodies.
It was established on 8 October 1962, and the University Grants Commission, granted the status of a deemed university to the Vidyapeetha in November 1987. [1] In March 2020, the Indian Parliament passed the Central Sanskrit Universities Act, 2020 to upgrade it to central university status, along with two other universities Central Sanskrit University and National Sanskrit University.
The university is named after its founder, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who was instrumental in introducing the Transcendental Meditation technique to the world. [2] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic Vishwavidyalaya was established by the Madhya Pradesh state legislature (Act #37) in 1995; the Maharishi has been called the "first chancellor of the university".
Vedanga Jyotisha (IAST: Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa), or Jyotishavedanga (Jyotiṣavedāṅga), is one of earliest known Indian texts on astrology (). [1] The extant text is dated to the final centuries BCE, [2] but it may be based on a tradition reaching back to about 700-600 BCE.
A jyotiḥśāstra (treatise on jyotisha) is a text from a classical body of literature on the topic of Hindu astrology, known as Jyotiṣa, dating to the medieval period of Classical Sanskrit literature (roughly the 3rd to 9th centuries CE).
The basic concept of Nadi Astrology is "Nadi" (nāḍi).There are 150 Nādis in a sign or Rāshi (Rāsi); one sign is 30 degrees of the zodiac 360. Twelve signs of the zodiac are grouped into three categories: Moveable (Chara), Fixed (Sthira), and Dual (Dvisvabhāva) signs.
Jyotir Math is the uttaramnaya matha or northern monastery, one of four cardinal institutions established by Adi Shankara, the reviver of Vedic Sanatana Dharma. [1] Shankara's four principal disciples, Padma-Pada, Hasta-Malaka, Suresvaracharya and Totakacharya were assigned to these four learning centers in the north, south, east and west of India. [3]