Daridryadhikara, Dāridryādhikāra, Daridrya-adhikara: 1 definition
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika AstrologyDāridryādhikāra (दारिद्र्याधिकार) (lit. “regarding poverty”) is the name of the sixteenth chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Chapters 14 (upajīvikādhikāra; also: karmapratyayādhikāra) and 16 (dāridryādhikāra) are fairly detailed and conforms to standard patterns of medieval Perso-Arabic astrological discourse—prominently featuring term and triplicity rulers, sect factors, syzygies, orientality and occidentality, and the lots of fortune and wealth.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
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Partial matches: Daridrya, Adhikara.
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