Prakrityadhikara, Prakṛtyadhikāra, Prakriti-adhikara: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Prakṛtyadhikāra can be transliterated into English as Prakrtyadhikara or Prakrityadhikara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika AstrologyPrakṛtyadhikāra (प्रकृत्यधिकार) (lit. “regarding the native’s nature”) is the name of the thirteenth chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—The first few verses of chapter 13 (prakṛtyadhikāra) bring us back to the topic of directions through the terms begun in chapter 10. Based on the same section of Abū Bakr’s work, they clearly demonstrate Samarasiṃha’s lack of understanding of the mechanics of direction (tasyīr). [...] The remainder of the chapter is based on the immediately following section of the Kitab al-mawālīd, treating the moral character of the native. [...] As it stands, the Karmaprakāśa (13.5–26) lists, in order, planetary configurations for courage, cowardice, irascibility, forbearance, shamelessness, bashfulness, eloquence, compassion, deceit and mendacity; further, for becoming a jester or entertainer, robber, thief, adulterer or adulteress, or a faithful husband; and finally, for generosity and greed.
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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