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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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

Hastakarmādhikāra (हस्तकर्माधिकार) (lit. “regarding the work of the hands”) is the name of the fifteenth chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Chapter 15 (ājīvikādhikāra) (or hastakarmādhikāra) is based on Abū Bakr, setting out methods for determining the general nature of a native’s work and his level of professional success as well as particular configurations for a variety of occupations: vendors of musk and perfumes, dyes, fruit and bark; farmers; merchants in various types of coarse or fine cloth including silk, wool and camel hair, or in lentils and grains such as barley, wheat, sesame and rice; those who deal in leather goods or in camels, donkeys, cows, horses, goats and other quadrupeds; sellers of, or workers in, pearls and gold; and craftsmen or labourers such as weavers, makers of woollen goods, carpenters and metalworkers, shoemakers, dyers, diggers, sailors, makers of tools and weapons, entertainers, physicians, hunters, fishermen and fowlers—all variously subdivided.

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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.

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