Astrology Technical Terms
A
Abhichara: Incantation by a foe for evil purposes
Abhisheka: Pouring holy water on the idol with Vedic chanting
Adhaka: Vessel of 20" diameter, and 8" deep
Adhara: Container
Adheya: Contained
Adhomukha: Signs Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Sagittarius and Capricorn
Aditya: Sukta Hymn to the Sun
Affliction: Aspected by or joined with Mars, Saturn, or Rahu
Agnibhuta: These signs are explained in Chapter 14.
These are Aries, Leo and Sagittarius
Agni Mandala: Solar ingress into certain stars
Agnimantra: Hymn to Fire
Aindragnisukta: Combined hymn to Fire and Indra
Akasabhuta: Airy signs
Alpatmaja signs: Taurus, Leo, Virgo and Scorpio
Angana: Premises
Anupachaya: Houses other than 3, 6, 10, 11 from the rising sign
Anishtabhava: Houses 6, 8, 12
Anupadesa: Watery places
Antra: Intestines
Apasmara: Epilepsy
Apoklima: Houses 3, 6, 9 and 12 from the rising sign
Aruchi: Tasteless
Arudha Lagna: The sign rising at the time of query. See 2. 7 to 11.
The direction faced by the querist determines the sign
Ascendant: Sign rising at the time of birth or query
Ashtaka Sraddha: A kind of offering to the manes
Ashtakavarga: System explained in Chap. 32
Arsa Roga: Piles
Atikhara: Letters Kha, Chha, Tha, Thha, Pha
Atisara: Dysentery
Ayu Sukta: Hymn for longevity
B
Benefics: Jupiter, Venus and full Moon
Bhagandhara: Fistula
Bhagya: Ninth house
Bhagva Sukta: Hymn for wealth
Bhanduka: Total of bindus in houses 1, 5 and 9 from Lagna
Bhadra tithi: Lunar days 2, 7 and 12
Bhadra dipa: Auspicious lamp
Bhava: House
Bheri: Drum
Bhumibala: Vitality of the earth for war. It depends on the lunar month
Bhuta: Hob-goblin
Bija Sphuta: See Chapter 19, verses 5 and 11
Biped: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius and first half of Sagittarius
Brihaspati: Jupiter
C
Chakra puja: Worship of the sacred nine triangles
Chandragupti Chakra: See Chapter 26, verses 20 to 23
Chandrabhilasha Rasi: See Chapter 17, verse 41
Chara nakshatras: Constellations Punarvasu, Swati, Sravana,
Dhanishta and Satabhisha
Chatushpada: Quadruped signs
Chatra Rasi: The sign obtained from the Veedhi Rasi. Count the number
of signs from Arudha to the Lagna and then count
this number from Veedhi Rasi to get this
Chidra tithi: Lunar days 4, 6, 8, 9, 12 and 14
Chaitanya: Consciousness
Chora Rasis: Sixth house and the house where the sixth lord is
Combustion: Planet close to the Sun is powerless
Common signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces
D
Dana: Gift
Datta Sphuta: Add the longitudes of Mercury, Saturn and the fifth lord.
Multiply this product by five
Dhanu: Bow
Dinarsha: Multiply the ghatis from sunrise by 28 and divide it by 60.
The remainder counted from Aswini gives this constellation
Diurnal signs: Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces
Dosha: Defect, blemish
Drona: Four adhakas (a measurement)
Duritamsa: The second and the third padas of samhara nakshatras.
These are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15,18, 21, 24, 27 counted by Aswini
Dusthana: houses 6, 8 and 12
Dwadasamsa: One-twelfth part of a sign. It is equal to 2° 30'
E
Eunuch planets: Mercury and Saturn
Eunuch signs: Signs owned by Mercury and Saturn
Even limbs: Face, eyes, ears, hands, etc.
F
Female Drekkana: The one-third part of a sign ruled by the Moon or Venus
Fixed signs: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius
G
Gaja: Elephant
Gana homa: A sacred offering
Ghataka: Total of bindus in houses 4, 8 and 12
Ghosha: Letters gha, jha, dha, tha, bha
Ghatika: 24 minutes
Gochara: Transit of planets
Graha Yuddha: Planets conjunct within one degree
Gulika: A sensitive point explained on pages 160 to 162 of the first volume
Gulma: Disease of the spleen
H
Havana: A fire offering
Hora: 15° of a sign is a hora. In odd signs the first part is ruled by the
Sun, and the second by the Moon. In the even signs it is reversed
I
Indra Mandala: When solar ingress is into the constellations of Rohini, Anuradha,
Jyeshta, Uttarashadha, Abhijit, Sravana and Dhanishtha
J
Jala bhuta: Watery signs
Jangala: Semi-dry place
Janma Rasi: The sign having the Moon at the time of birth
Jaya tithi: Lunar days 3, 8 and 13
K
Kakshya: Each sign is divided into eight parts. These are ruled in the
sequence of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury,
Moon, and Lagna
Kalyanadighria: Sacred butter
Kamila: Blindness
Karmas: Actions: results of past actions
Kala hora: The order in which the lords of the Horas follow is Saturn,
Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon.
The first Hora is that of the lord of the week day.
Karsya: Emaciation
Keeta Rasi: Scorpio
Kendra Houses 1, 4, 7, 10 from Lagna
Ketu South node of the Moon
Khara Letters ka, cha, ta, tha, pa
Kimsthugna One of the Karanas
Kola The first decanates of Cancer and Capricorn and last
one of Scorpio
Kshetra Pinda Oblation
Kshetra Sphuta See Chapter 19, verses 5 and 11
Kshipra nakshatras Aswini, Pushyami, Hasta
Kushmanda Homa A sacrificial offering with pumpkins
Kusa Sacred grass
L
Lakshana: Omens: indicative signs
Luminaries: The Sun and the Moon
M
Mahodara: Dropsy
Malefics: Mars, Saturn and Rahu
Manes: The dead ancestors
Mantapa: An open sheltered place in the temple precincts
Maudhya Chandra: Moon within 12° of the Sun
Moveable signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn
Mridanga: A musical instrument, drum
Mridu Nakshatra: Constellations Mrigasira, Chitta, Anuradha and Revati
Mrigaya: Hunting
Mutra Kriccha: Urinary disease
N
Naga: Snake
Nakandhya: Partial blindness
Nanda tithi: Lunar days 1, 6, 11
Navamsa: One-ninth part of a sign
Nimitta: Omens or indicative signs
Nocturnal signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Sagittarius and Capricorn
O
Odd limbs: Head, chest, stomach, vasthi, thighs and legs
P
Panaphara: Houses 2, 5, 8 and 11
Panchamrita: A mixture of sugar, ghee, honey, milk and curds
Panchagavya: A mixture of five articles (milk, curds, ghee, cows urine
and cow-dung) derived from the cow
Parivesha: Halo round the Sun and the Moon
Paksha: Fortnight
Panduroga: Leucoderma
Payasa: Milk and sugar preparation
Parigha: A bludgeon, an iron club, the 19th yoga in astronomy
Pitta: Bile
Parva: Lunar days 8, 14, 15
Paura: Resident
Pitris: Manes
Poshaka: Total bindus in houses 3, 7 and 11
Pratichandra: Moon though enveloped in clouds emanates a radiance
round in shape, mock Moon
Prasada: Palace
Pratipada: The first lunar day
Pratisurya: Mock Sun
Preta: Spirits of the dead
Puma tithi: Lunar days 5, 10, 15
Prishtodaya: Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Sagittarius signs and Capricorn
Q
Quadruped: Second half of Sagittarius, first half of Capricorn,
Aries, Taurus, Leo
Querist: One who puts the question
R
Radical: Referring to the natal chart
Rahu: North node of the Moon
Rahu Mantra: A Vedic chant for Rahu
Rasmi: Ray. See Chapter 19, Verses 79 and 80
Rudra Sukta: Hymn to Rudra known as Namakam
S
Sakuna: Omens: Indicative signs
Samasaptaka: Planets in opposition
Sankha : Conch
Sankramana: Solar ingress into a Zodiac sign
Santana Chandra: Longitude of the Moon multiplied by five
Santana Gulika: Longitude of Gulika multiplied by five
Santana Graha Sphuta: Product of the longitudes of the Sun, the Moon
and Jupiter multiplied by five
Santana Guru: Longitude of Lagna multiplied by five plus longitude
of Yamakantaka multiplied by five
Santana Ravi: Longitude of Lagna multiplied by five
Santana Sukra: Longitude of Venus multiplied by five
Santana Tithi: Lunar day on which the query is put. Santana Chandra minus
Santana Ravi also. See Chapter 19, verses 34 and 35. Longitude
of the Moon multiplied by five minus five times the longitude
of the Sun
Santana Trisphuta: Add Santana Chandra, Ravi and Guru Sphuta
Santana Yoga Sphuta: Add Santhana Guru to Yamakantaka and multiply it by nine
Sarpabali: A rite to propitiate the serpent deity
Sekadravya: Appetisers
Sevaka: Total of Bindus in houses 2, 6 and 10
Saubhagya Sukta: A Vedic hymn
Shashtyamsa: One-sixtieth part of a sign
Sleshma: Phlegm
Smriti: Remembered texts on religion and thics
Sruti: Revealed scriptures
Sthayi: defending party
Sukshma deha: Subtle body
Sula: Colic
Surya Kalagni Chakra: Position or number of the constellation from the Sun.
See also Surya Sula Chakra.
T
Tila homa: A religious rite offering sesamum
Trikona: Houses 1, 5 and 9 from Lagna
Trimsamsa: One-thirtieth' part of a sign
U
Ubhayodaya: Sign Pisces
Upachaya: Houses 3, 6, 10, 11 from Lagna
Upadamsa: Ancillary items of food
Urdhvodaya: Also called Urdhvamukha or Sirshodaya. These are Gemini,
Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Aquarius
Utsava: Festival
V
Vargas: There are seven major divisions of a sign. These are Rasi,
Hora, Drekkana, Saptmasa, Navamsa, Dwadasamsa,
Trimsamsa etc.
Varga Chatushtaya: These are Navamsa (1/9), Nava-navamsa (81),
Navamsa-Dwadasamsa and Dwadasamsa
Varuna Mantra: Hymn to Varuna beginning with "Imam me varuna srudhi"
Vata: Wind
Vata Roga: Rheumatism
Vayu bhuta: Airy signs Gemini, Libra and Aquarius
Vayu Mandala: The time of solar ingress into Mrigasira, Punarvasu,
Uttara, Hasta, Chitta, Swati
Vayu Sukta: Hymn to the wind Deity
Vedha: Check
Vina: Lute, a fretted instrument of music
Vishaghatika: See page 42 of the first volume
Visarpa: Serpis
Vishtikarana: It is on the lunar days 4, 8, 12 and 15 of the bright half.
In the dark half the lunar days are 3, 7, 10 and 14
W
Waning Moon: From the eighth lunar day of the dark half of the month
to the seventh lunar day of the bright half
Watery signs: Cancer, Pisces and the second half of Capricorn.
Y
Yamakantaka: A sensitive point rising at 14, 10, 6, 2, 26, 22, 18 ghatis
after sunrise starting with Sunday.
Yama Sukra: Ascendant rising at 22, 18, 14, 10, 6, 2, and 26 ghatis
after sunrise from Sunday onwards
Yayi: Invading party
Yoga Sphuta: Add the longitude of the lord of Lagna to the planet
concerned to get this
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