# होरा (horā)

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होरा (horā) is a Sanskrit word meaning an hour, the half of a zodiacal sign, horoscope or horoscopy, the rising of a zodiacal sign or part of its duration, a mark or line, an astrological science or work. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Compendium of Meanings, Zodiacal Terminology, An Hour / Unit of Time.

- **SLP1:** `horA`  **IAST:** horā  **Devanagari:** होरा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_%28astrology%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/hora/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** होर (hora)

## Meanings by context

### Compendium of Meanings (8 definitions)
- 1. An hour. 2. Half of a sign of the zodiac. 3. A horoscope or horoscopy.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 381-2 ] होरा (horā) horā, f. [ ὥρα ] hour; half of a sign of the zodiac; horoscope; horoscopy: -śāstra, n. horoscopy. [ ID=20665 ]
- 1. The rising of a zodiac sign. 2. An hour. 3. A mark or line. 4. A work or science on astrology.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होर (ra) ा (horā) [Printed book page 980 ] होर (ra) ा (horā) f. ( - र (ra) ा (-rā) ) 1 The rising of a sign of the zodiac. 2 Part of the duration of a sign, the twenty-fourth part of a day, an hour. 3 A mark, a line. 4 A science or work in science, probably on astrology. E. होड (ḍa) (hoḍa) to go, to proceed, affs. अच (aca) and टाप (ṭāpa), and ड (ḍa) changed to र (ra). Page981 [ ID=44508 ]
- 1. The rising of a sign of the zodiac. 2. A mark or line. 3. A work on astrology.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 906-a ] होरा (horā) ( रा ) ((rā)) 1. f. The rising of a sign of the zodiac; a mark or line; a work on astrology. [ ID=44346 ]
- 1. The rising of a zodiacal sign. 2. An hour. 3. A mark or line.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 838-34 ] होरा (horā) f. 1. The rising of zodiacal sign; 2. an hour; 3. a mark, a line. [ ID=43544 ]
- 1. The rising of a sign of the zodiac. 2. An hour. 3. A mark or line. 4. A treatise on astrology.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 838-a ] होरा (horā) f. ( - रा (-rā) ) 1. The rising of a sign of the zodiac. 2. Part of the duration of a sign, the twenty-fourth part of a day, an hour. 3. A mark, a line. 4. A science or work in science, (on astrology.) E. होड (ḍa) ् (hoḍ) to go, to proceed, affs. अच् (ac) and टाप्, (ṭāp,) and ड (ḍa) changed to र । (ra.) [ ID=47230 ]
- 1. The rising of a sign of the zodiac. 2. An hour. 3. A line. 4. A work on astrology.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 1124-b ] होरा (horā) horā (borrowed from ὥρα), f. 1. The rising of a sign of the zodiac. 2. An hour. 3. A line. 4. A work on astrology. [ ID=17267 ]
- 1. An hour. 2. A horoscope.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 669 ] होरा (horā) f. hour, horoscope, or = seq. [ ID=40006 ]
- 1. The rising of a zodiacal sign or part of its duration. 2. An hour. 3. A mark or line. 4. An astrological science or work.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 1178-c ] होरा (horā) horā, f. (borrowed fr. Gr. ὥρα), the rising of a zodiacal sign; part of the duration of a sign; an hour; a mark, line; a particular scientific work or science, (probably astrological.) —Horā- phala, am, n. the result or effect of the rising of a sign. —Horā-makaranda, N. of an astrological work. —Horā-śāstra, am, n., N. of a work by Satya. —Horā-sāra-sudhānidhi, N. of a work by Nārāyaṇa. [ ID=54435 ]

### Zodiacal Terminology (3 definitions)
- the half of a zodiacal sign  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the half of a zodiacal sign, Varāha-mihira [Cologne Addition] (Author) [ ID=264597 ]
- The rising of a zodiacal sign.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 1177-a ] 1 The rising of a zodiacal sign. [ ID=31570 ]
- Part of the duration of a sign  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 1177-a ] 2 Part of the duration of a sign. [ ID=31570 ]

### An Hour / Unit of Time (2 definitions)
- an hour  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1306,2] होरा (horā) f. ( fr. Gk. ὥρα ) an hour (the 24th part of an Aho-rātra), Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title); Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=264596 ]
- An hour.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 1177-a ] 3 An hour. [ ID=31570 ]

### A Mark or Line (1 definition)
- A mark or line.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 1177-a ] 4 A mark, line. [ ID=31570 ]

### A Śakti (Divine Power) (1 definition)
- a shakti  
  *The Purana Index*
  > होरा (horā) [Printed book page 3-785 ] Horā — a śakti. Br. IV. 32. 14. [ ID=17499 ]

### Horoscope or Horoscopy (1 definition)
- horoscope or horoscopy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > horoscope or horoscopy, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) &c. [ ID=264598 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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