Meaning of word Jyotish- the Entymolgical Roots

[Guest guest]

OM BRIHASPATAAYE NAMAH

Dear Visti, Chandreshekar and Gurus,

 

From many modern texts, Jyotish is referred to as etymologically coming from the sanskrit word -Jyotir - light and ishwara-God =meaning Light of god.

Recently I was told by a sanskrit scholar that Jyotish has no indication or link to the word Ishwara.

 

From Monier Williams :

Jyotis, Jyotir, Jyotish, Jyoti............light, brightness, illumination

Jyotis-Light in the three worlds.

plural- the heavenly bodies

Jyotisha- the science of the heavenly bodies

 

Could anyone enlighten me as to whether the 'ish' in Jyotish came from Ishwara or not?Or where it comes from?

 

Kind regards

Rosemary Innes-Jones

[Guest guest]

Dear Rosemary,

 

In the Puranas, the planetary

bodies are referred to as jyotishas, 1.e. bodies which emanate (whether by

origin or by reflection) jyot/jyoti or light. Jyotishchakra is the term

used specifically to describe the zodiac, the grahas, nakshatras etc.

There are 3 kinds of ‘s’ in Sanskrit. Isha is spelled with a

talavya sha, that is the ‘s’ used to spell Shiva, Shava, Shveta etc.

The ‘s’ used to spell jyotisha is a different one, so the word Isha

of jyotish and Isha of Ishwara are two different ones. Ishwara is not referred

to here at all.

 

 

Best regards,

 

Sarbani

 

 

 

 

 

R Innes-Jones

[rf.innes-jones]

Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:47

PM

varahamihira

|Sri Varaha| Meaning of

word Jyotish- the Entymolgical Roots

 

 

 

OM

BRIHASPATAAYE NAMAH

 

 

Dear Visti, Chandreshekar and Gurus,

 

 

 

 

 

From many modern texts, Jyotish is referred to as etymologically

coming from the sanskrit word -Jyotir - light and ishwara-God =meaning Light of

god.

 

 

Recently I was told by a sanskrit scholar that Jyotish has

no indication or link to the word Ishwara.

 

 

 

 

 

From Monier Williams :

 

 

Jyotis, Jyotir, Jyotish, Jyoti............light,

brightness, illumination

 

 

Jyotis-Light in the three worlds.

 

 

plural- the heavenly bodies

 

 

Jyotisha- the science of the heavenly bodies

 

 

 

 

 

Could anyone enlighten me as to whether the 'ish' in Jyotish

came from Ishwara or not?Or where it comes from?

 

 

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

Rosemary Innes-Jones

 

 

 

|Om

Tat Sat|

http://www.varahamihira

[Guest guest]

|Hare Räma Kåñëa|

Dear Rosemary,

 

Kumbha means

pot, and is one of the Sanskrit names for Aquarius.

Mela, Méle

means meeting. Kumbha Mela refers to the yearly gathering of people around the

Mahakaleshvara Linga. There are specific times of year when this happens and

once every 12 years, when Jupiter is In Aquarius this becomes a very

significant event.

You can

easily find information on this on the internet.

Best wishes,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visti Larsen

visti

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R Innes-Jones

[rf.innes-jones]

24 June 2004 13:17

varahamihira

|Sri Varaha| Meaning of

word Jyotish- the Entymolgical Roots

 

 

 

OM

BRIHASPATAAYE NAMAH

 

 

Dear Visti, Chandreshekar and Gurus,

 

 

 

 

 

From many modern texts, Jyotish is referred to as etymologically

coming from the sanskrit word -Jyotir - light and ishwara-God =meaning Light of

god.

 

 

Recently I was told by a sanskrit scholar that Jyotish has

no indication or link to the word Ishwara.

 

 

 

 

 

From Monier Williams :

 

 

Jyotis, Jyotir, Jyotish, Jyoti............light,

brightness, illumination

 

 

Jyotis-Light in the three worlds.

 

 

plural- the heavenly bodies

 

 

Jyotisha- the science of the heavenly bodies

 

 

 

 

 

Could anyone enlighten me as to whether the 'ish' in Jyotish

came from Ishwara or not?Or where it comes from?

 

 

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

Rosemary Innes-Jones

 

 

 

|Om

Tat Sat|

http://www.varahamihira

[Guest guest]

Dear Rosemary,

The Vigraha is JyotiH +iisha =Jyotisha ( JyotiH means Light + iisha

means God). So it does mean light of god. Light is perceived by eyes

that it is known as Eyes of th Veda Purusha or Vedas.

Chandrashekhar.

 

R Innes-Jones wrote:

 

> OM BRIHASPATAAYE NAMAH

> Dear Visti, Chandreshekar and Gurus,

>

> From many modern texts, Jyotish is referred to as etymologically

> coming from the sanskrit word -Jyotir - light and ishwara-God =meaning

> Light of god.

> Recently I was told by a sanskrit scholar that Jyotish has no

> indication or link to the word Ishwara.

>

> From Monier Williams :

> Jyotis, Jyotir, Jyotish, Jyoti............light, brightness, illumination

> Jyotis-Light in the three worlds.

> plural- the heavenly bodies

> Jyotisha- the science of the heavenly bodies

>

> Could anyone enlighten me as to whether the 'ish' in Jyotish came from

> Ishwara or not?Or where it comes from?

>

> Kind regards

> Rosemary Innes-Jones

>

>

> |Om Tat Sat|

> http://www.varahamihira

>

>

> *

[Guest guest]

|| Jaya Jagannath ||

Dear Sarbani,

 

This particular thing has been bothering me for

sometime. The " sa " mentioned in Isha of Jyotisha has

" Murdhanya " " sa " whereas that of Ishvara is " Talavya "

" sa " , so isha of jyotisha cannot mean lord/ god etc...

What does it mean then?

 

Please share your insights.

 

Regards

Sarajit

 

--- Sarbani Sarkar <sarbani wrote: >

Dear Rosemary,

>

>

>

> In the Puranas, the planetary bodies are referred

> to as jyotishas, 1.e.

> bodies which emanate (whether by origin or by

> reflection) jyot/jyoti or

> light. Jyotishchakra is the term used specifically

> to describe the zodiac,

> the grahas, nakshatras etc. There are 3 kinds of

> 's' in Sanskrit. Isha is

> spelled with a talavya sha, that is the 's' used to

> spell Shiva, Shava,

> Shveta etc. The 's' used to spell jyotisha is a

> different one, so the word

> Isha of jyotish and Isha of Ishwara are two

> different ones. Ishwara is not

> referred to here at all.

>

>

>

> Best regards,

>

>

>

> Sarbani

>

> _____

>

> R Innes-Jones

> [rf.innes-jones]

> Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:47 PM

> varahamihira

> |Sri Varaha| Meaning of word Jyotish- the

> Entymolgical Roots

>

>

>

> OM BRIHASPATAAYE NAMAH

>

> Dear Visti, Chandreshekar and Gurus,

>

>

>

> From many modern texts, Jyotish is referred to as

> etymologically coming from

> the sanskrit word -Jyotir - light and ishwara-God

> =meaning Light of god.

>

> Recently I was told by a sanskrit scholar that

> Jyotish has no indication or

> link to the word Ishwara.

>

>

>

> From Monier Williams :

>

> Jyotis, Jyotir, Jyotish, Jyoti............light,

> brightness, illumination

>

> Jyotis-Light in the three worlds.

>

> plural- the heavenly bodies

>

> Jyotisha- the science of the heavenly bodies

>

>

>

> Could anyone enlighten me as to whether the 'ish' in

> Jyotish came from

> Ishwara or not?Or where it comes from?

>

>

>

> Kind regards

>

> Rosemary Innes-Jones

>

>

>

> |Om Tat Sat|

> http://www.varahamihira

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Sarbani,

Something I would like to add, Apte dictionary says iisha means God, and

when it is iishaM it refers to Lord Shiva. ishwara is the Lord, the

capable(here). So one can not assume that Isha in Jyotish has nothing to

do with Jyoti + Isha. Jyoti does have a significance since Jyotish is

called the eyes of the Vedas or Veda Purusha. Jyoti is also reffered to

the potency of eyesight. I will try to reference Amarkosha to see what

the author has to say.

Regards,

Chandrashekhar.

 

Sarbani Sarkar wrote:

 

> Dear Rosemary,

>

> In the Puranas, the planetary bodies are referred to as jyotishas,

> 1.e. bodies which emanate (whether by origin or by reflection)

> jyot/jyoti or light. Jyotishchakra is the term used specifically to

> describe the zodiac, the grahas, nakshatras etc. There are 3 kinds of

> ‘s’ in Sanskrit. Isha is spelled with a talavya sha, that is the ‘s’

> used to spell Shiva, Shava, Shveta etc. The ‘s’ used to spell jyotisha

> is a different one, so the word Isha of jyotish and Isha of Ishwara

> are two different ones. Ishwara is not referred to here at all.

>

> Best regards,

>

> Sarbani

>

> ------

>

> ** R Innes-Jones [rf.innes-jones]

> *Sent:* Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:47 PM

> *To:* varahamihira

> *Subject:* |Sri Varaha| Meaning of word Jyotish- the Entymolgical Roots

>

> OM BRIHASPATAAYE NAMAH

>

> Dear Visti, Chandreshekar and Gurus,

>

> From many modern texts, Jyotish is referred to as etymologically

> coming from the sanskrit word -Jyotir - light and ishwara-God =meaning

> Light of god.

>

> Recently I was told by a sanskrit scholar that Jyotish has no

> indication or link to the word Ishwara.

>

> From Monier Williams :

>

> Jyotis, Jyotir, Jyotish, Jyoti............light, brightness, illumination

>

> Jyotis-Light in the three worlds.

>

> plural- the heavenly bodies

>

> Jyotisha- the science of the heavenly bodies

>

> Could anyone enlighten me as to whether the 'ish' in Jyotish came from

> Ishwara or not?Or where it comes from?

>

> Kind regards

>

> Rosemary Innes-Jones

>

>

>

> |Om Tat Sat|

> http://www.varahamihira

>

>

> *

>

> |Om Tat Sat|

> http://www.varahamihira

>

>

> *