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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika AstrologyDignity refers to one the “thirty-two astrological lots” (sahamas), as discussed in the fourth chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—The so-called lots (Sanskrit: sahamas; Arabic: sahm, translating κλῆρος) are derived by measuring the longitudinal distance between two predefined points in a horoscope (typically two planets) and projecting it from a third point (typically the ascendant degree). Of these 32 lots [e.g., Dignity], all but two are present in what has become the most widespread list of Tājika sahamas, compiled some three centuries later by Nīlakaṇṭha and comprising 50 items.
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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Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology (by Martin Gansten)
5. The Five Dignities (pañcavargī) < [Chapter 2 - Aspects and Dignities]
8. The Kambūla Configuration < [Chapter 3 - The Sixteen Configurations]
4. Technical Terms and Concepts < [Introduction]
Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 9.12 < [Chapter 9 - The Birth of the Sovereigns of Thieves]
Heimskringla (by Snorri Sturlson)
Part 192 - Causes Of The Revolt Against King Olaf < [Chapter VII - Saga Of Olaf Haraldson]
Part 110 - Of Harek Of Thjotta < [Chapter VII - Saga Of Olaf Haraldson]
Part 212 - Of Vagabond-men < [Chapter VII - Saga Of Olaf Haraldson]
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter XI - Legend of Dhruva, the son of Uttanapada < [Book I]
10. The Brahma-vaivartta Purāṇa < [Preface]
Chapter XXXV - Wedding of Samba, the son of Krishna < [Book V]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
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