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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika Astrology

Grahādhikāra (ग्रहाधिकार) (lit. “regarding the planets”) is the name of the second chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Chapter 1 (grahādhikāra) seems partly to depend on Indian sources, with mention of the four Hindu social classes (varṇa) and the three humours (doṣa) of Āyurveda (2.1–5, 9). These verses are arranged topically; but in 2.6–8 they are complemented by descriptions clearly of Perso-Arabic origin, arranged by planet in the so-called Chaldean order from Saturn to the moon, rather than the order employed in classical Indian texts (based on the days of the week), and again including the fourfold qualities of hot, cold, moist and dry—alien to Āyurveda but used in Graeco-Arabic (Yūnānī) medicine.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Graha, Adhikara.

Ends with: Samdhivigrahadhikara, Sandhivigrahadhikara.

Full-text: Yunani.

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