मकर

makara
Sanskrit · noun
Last edited: 2025-09-30
Meanings
Literal translation
makara
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1. Capricorn

1.a Capricorn

मृगार्धपूर्वो मकरोऽम्बुमध्ये जानुप्रदेशं तमुशन्ति धातुः।

mṛgārdhapūrvo makaro ’mbumadhye jānupradeśaṃ tam uśanti dhātuḥ|

‘The tenth [sign] is a Makara with the front half of a deer, [and the rest] in the midst of water— they call it the knee-area of the Creator.’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.13ab

Genre: astrological treatise Provenance: India Date: ca. 300–325 CE

Mak, Bill M. 2018. “The First Two Chapters of Mīnarāja’s Vṛddhayavanajātaka.” Zinbun 48: 1–31.

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@misc{zodiac6350,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	year = {2025},
	title = {मकर ({Lemma} #6350)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6350/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6350/},
}