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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

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

Sahama (सहम) refers to the “thirty-two sahamas”, as discussed in the fourth chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Chapter 4 (dvātriṃśat-sahama-adhikāra) is a list of so-called lots (Sanskrit: sahamas; Arabic: sahm, translating κλῆρος), derived by measuring the longitudinal distance between two predefined points in a horoscope (typically two planets) and projecting it from a third point (typically the ascendant degree).

The thirty-two sahamas are:

1. Fortune;
2. Knowledge;
3. Love;
4. Valour;
5. Renown;
6. Wealth;
7. Bondage;
8. Father;
9. Mother;
10. Brothers;
11. Expansion;
12. Wife;
13. Death;
14. Journeys;
15. Desire;
16. King;
17. Enemies;
18. Sons;
19. Daughters;
20. Work;
21. Forbearance;
22. Dignity;
23. Life;
24. Illness;
25. Friends;
26. Marriage;
27. Learning;
28. Faith;
29. Strength;
30. Body;
31. Business;
32. Work of the hands;

Of these 32 lots, all but two are present in what has become the most widespread list of Tājika sahamas, compiled some three centuries later by Nīlakaṇṭha and comprising 50 items.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sahama (सहम):—n. ([from] Arabic سهم) good or evil luck arising from the influence of the stars.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sahama in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Sahamacandrika, Sahamada, Sahamahamantri, Sahamahi, Sahamakalpalata, Sahamalla, Sahamana, Sahamanas, Sahamaran, Sahamarana, Sahamarica, Sahamarmasthisamghata, Sahamat, Sahamati, Sahamatipatra, Sahamatrika, Sahamatya, Shahamata.

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Full-text (+17): Sahamacandrika, Sahamakalpalata, Dvatrimshatsahama, Forbearance, Shon, King, Love, Wealth, Friend, Mother, Father, Illness, Body, Life, Knowledge, Learning, Bondage, Marriage, Death, Desire.

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Search found 4 books and stories containing Sahama; (plurals include: Sahamas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology (by Martin Gansten)

6. The Results of sahamas < [Chapter 4 - The Sahamas]

5. Sahamas of Signs, Planets, and Family Members < [Chapter 4 - The Sahamas]

1. The Names of the Sahamas < [Chapter 4 - The Sahamas]

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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)

Page 230 < [Volume 7 (1883)]

Page 211 < [Volume 8 (1886)]

Page 363 < [Volume 2 (1872)]

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Abhijnana Shakuntalam (Sanskrit and English) (by Saradaranjan Ray)

Chapter 2 - Dvitiya-anka (dvitiyo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Shakuntalam (text, translation, notes)]

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Acta Orientalia

The Vatican Judeo-Persian Pentateuch Deuteronomy < [Volume 31 (1968)]

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