Pancavargi, Pañcavargī, Panca-vargi: 1 definition

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In Hinduism
1. Jyotisha
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Introduction:

Pancavargi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Pancavargi.

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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

Pañcavargī (पञ्चवर्गी) refers to the “system of five zodiacal dignities”, according to chapter 1 of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.— The discussion of the five dignities (pañcavargī), which in the Arabic sources are invariably domicile, exaltation, triplicity, term and decan (or ‘face’), appears to derive from a source that also included the use of the Indian navāṃśa or ninth-part. This zodiacal division—presumably introduced into the Arabic astrological synthesis through the Persian tradition rather than directly from Indian astrologers, given the designation nawbahra (from Middle Persian *nō bahr) used in Arabic—is found, for instance, in the writings of al-Kindī and Abū Maʿshar (787–886), but not in Sahl.

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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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Origins of the Tājika System of Astrological Aspects and Dignities < [Vol. 6 (2018)]