Karmic Astrology鈥攁 Study
by Sunita Anant Chavan | 2017 | 68,707 words
This page relates 鈥楬ora period of Jyotihshastra (Introduction)鈥� of the study on Karmic Astrology and its presentation in Vedic and the later Sanskrit literature. Astrology (in Sanskrit: Jyotish-shastra) is based upon perceptive natural phenomenon of cosmic light forms while the Concept of Karman basically means 鈥渁ction according to Vedic injunction鈥� such as the performance of meritorious sacrificial work.
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Part 2.2.10 - 贬辞谤腻 period of 闯测辞迟颈岣ヅ浤乻迟谤补 (Introduction)
[Full title: Classification of 闯测辞迟颈岣ヅ浤乻迟谤补 (4): 贬辞谤腻 period]
贬辞谤腻 branch of 闯测辞迟颈岣ヅ浤乻迟谤补 developed later to the 痴别诲腻峁単补 period and with the additions of Greek elements. 贬辞谤腻 chiefly works to forecast the life of an individual[1] 贬辞谤腻 can be termed as a technique of voluntary divination by means of astronomical calculation of the birth point. In this sense hor膩 is a combination of 厂补峁僪颈迟腻 and 骋补峁噄迟补.
Meaning of term 贬辞谤腻
贬辞谤腻 means 鈥�lagna鈥�[2] or 鈥榟alf a ra艣i鈥� (叠峁沨补箩箩腻迟补办补 I. 9.) in its technical meaning. In simple terms hor膩 is an 鈥�hour鈥�, 鈥榤ark鈥� or 鈥�line鈥�.[3]
贬辞谤腻 branch has a claim of a foreign origin. 鈥楬oros鈥� is a Greek term meaning boundary. It was received by the Greeks from Babylonian sources.[4] It flourished in Hellenistic Egypt in 2nd c. B.C. and with Greek elements was introduced to India in 2nd. C. A.D. 181
Indian Development
贬辞谤腻 gelled with the 闯腻迟补办补 branch which earlier existed in the culture and which predicted the life of an individual with the aid of 狈补办峁迟谤补蝉. S膩r膩vali (II.4) mentions 贬辞谤腻 鈥榓s a technical term for 闯腻迟补办补.鈥�[5] 贬辞谤腻 also has other two subsections, 驰腻迟谤补 (prognostications on starting a journey or a king鈥檚 invasion) and 痴颈惫腻丑补 (match making from horoscopy for the bride and the groom).[6] Garga acknowledges the influence of Yavanas on this branch.[7]
The seed of 闯腻迟补办补 branch existed at the end of the 痴别诲腻峁単补 period. 闯腻迟补办补 texts find mention atleast 800 years prior to 痴补谤腻丑补.[8]
Earlier the Atharvaveda VI. 110.2-3 gives impending happenings of the life of a native by aid of the 狈补办峁迟谤补 of birth. The 闯腻迟补办补 system existing in the 础迟丑补谤惫补峁嘺
闯测辞迟颈峁 which furnishes a pattern of the 狈补办峁迟谤补蝉 unlike the present form of Horoscopy is not only predictive but came with a practical purpose in which actions were arranged on the nine sets of 狈补办峁迟谤补蝉 three each in a set.
The later horoscopy relates the houses in a horoscope with the body parts of 碍腻濒补辫耻谤耻峁 identified with the twelve 谤腻艣颈蝉 (叠峁沨补箩箩腻迟补办补. I.4). 础峁単补 in 础峁単补viniccaya (叠峁沨补迟-蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 of 痴补谤腻丑补mihira I. 9) is body and denotes the sign just rising. The other term for the houses is 叠丑腻惫补 and 叠丑腻惫补 denotes 鈥榖irth and growth鈥�[9] or 鈥榖eing and becoming鈥�.
The term 贬辞谤腻 according to the Indian counterpart is derived from the term 鈥�础丑辞谤腻迟谤补鈥� by dropping of鈥橝鈥� and鈥櫭屸��, the first and the last syllable of the term.[10] Elsewhere the term 础丑辞谤腻迟谤补 is employed to the thirty 惭耻丑奴谤迟补蝉 of the day and night together and the meanings of the term 贬辞谤腻 does not agree in the sense of an hour[11]
The 闯腻迟补办补 system in addition also include certain rectificatory measures along with predictions of life from the 狈补办峁迟谤补 at birth.[12]
A Synonym for Daiva
The most distinguishing feature of the 贬辞谤腻 branch of 闯测辞迟颈岣ヅ浤乻迟谤补 in comparison to its western counterpart is that it is 鈥榓 synonym for consideration of Daiva鈥�.[13] Horoscopy in its present form connected to the reading of Daiva or past actions has an exclusively Indian geneology.[14]
The 叠峁沨补箩箩腻迟补办补[15] mentions that 贬辞谤腻艣膩stra manifests the fruits of actions done in previous lives. These past actions were perhaps believed to create certain characteristics in human which could supposedly be known by the Moon placed in the 狈补办峁迟谤补 at birth. Moon later was also connected through the 叠丑腻惫补 and 搁腻艣颈 system of 贬辞谤腻 branch to the 搁腻艣颈 at birth and the 顿补艣腻 system by P峁泃huyasha supposedly reveal the period of fruition of past actions in the present life of the individuals.
Also the Human body displays certain characteristics which are in accordance with the lagna and the planetary placements in the sky which can thus be an aid to predict about future.[16]
Other means of 闯腻迟补办补
闯腻迟补办补 branch includes other means then a horoscope[17] to look into the future. The N膩岣嵞玤rantha and Ramala are a few of them. other means of 闯腻迟补办补 branch.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
[2]:
Lagna is the starting point of the Kundali which coincides with the point of birth. It specifies the zodiacal sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth of an individual. The term Lagna appears in 痴补蝉颈峁ａ弓丑补 厂颈诲诲丑腻苍迟补 with a similar meaning as in 闯腻迟补办补. Bh膩rat墨ya 闯测辞迟颈峁艣膩stra, p. 517.
[3]:
Apte, V.S., p. 644.
[4]:
History of 顿丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补 Vol. V.1, pp. 549-551.
[5]:
S膩r膩vali II. 4.
[6]:
History of 顿丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补, Vol. V. 1, p. 479-480.
[8]:
Bh膩ratiya 闯测辞迟颈峁艣膩stra, p. 482.
[9]:
Ancient Sanskrit literature, Introduction, p. 42.
[10]:
Brhajj膩taka. Also S膩r膩vali II. 2.
[11]:
History of 顿丑补谤尘补艣补蝉迟谤补, Vol. V. 1. p. 585.
[12]:
History of 顿丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补, vol. V.1, p.597, ffn. 892.
[13]:
S膩r膩vali II. 4.
[14]:
Horoscopy believed to be borrowed from the Babylonians and Greeks had no (generally believed) doctrine of Karma and Punarjanma. History of 顿丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补 V.1, p. 546.
[15]:
叠峁沨补迟-j膩taka of 痴补谤腻丑补mihira I.3. [...] [...] 尝补驳丑耻箩腻迟补办补 I.3 quoted by Utpala on 叠峁沨补迟-j膩taka of 痴补谤腻丑补mihira I. 3.
[16]:
Such an instance is mentioned in Bh膩rat墨ya 闯测辞迟颈峁艣膩stra pp. 478-480. Dikshit concludes (of S膩mu岣峳ika 闯测辞迟颈岣ヅ浤乻迟谤补) from this that planets share a relation with human and his life.