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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

विषुवम्viṣuvamThe first point of Aries or Libra into which the sun enters at the vernal or autumnal equinox, the equinoctial…
The first point of Aries or Libra into which the sun enters at the vernal or autumnal equinox, the equinoctial point; अयने विषुवे कुर्याह्यतीपाते दिनक्षये Bhāg.7. 14.2.
Derived forms and compounds
- -छाया the shadow of the gnomon at noon.
- -दिनम् the day of the equinox.
- -रेखा the equinoctial line.
- -संक्रान्तिः Feminine the sun's equinoctial passage.
- -समयः the equinoctial season.
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