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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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

Jīvananirṇayādhikāra (जीवननिर्णयाधिकार) (lit. “regarding the determination of life”) (alternatively called Ariṣṭabhaṅgādhikāra—“on the cancellation of fatality”) is the name of the seventh chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Chapters 6 (ariṣṭādhikāra) and 7 (ariṣṭabhaṅgādhikāra)—are also closely based on Abū Bakr, with some of the material arranged slightly differently than in the Latin version. These chapters describe the division of nativities into four categories: those who are born dead or die immediately after birth; those who die in childhood; those who die young; and those who attain a full span of life—each with its own astrological criteria. This discussion is followed by material on the specific kinds and times of childhood illnesses according to the decans of the zodiacal signs, on the examination of the moon’s position on certain days following birth, and on the nativities of children abandoned by their parents.

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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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Partial matches: Jivananirnaya, Adhikara.

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