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Astrology. In Jyotiṣa or Indian astrology, the term Upagrāha ( Sanskrit: उपग्रह) refers to the so-called "shadow planets" ( Sanskrit: छायाग्राह, chāyāgrāha) that are actually mathematical points, that are used for astrological evaluation. Upagrāha is a generic term used for two distinct and different ...
Astrology. Hindu astrology, also called Indian astrology, Jyotisha ( Sanskrit: ज्योतिष, romanized : jyotiṣa; from jyót 'light, heavenly body') and, more recently, Vedic astrology, is the traditional Hindu system of astrology. It is one of the six auxiliary disciplines in Hinduism that is connected with the study of the Vedas .
1. Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving ...
Kundali (astrology) Kuṇḍali (also called janmapatra) is the Indian term for the astrological chart or diagram representing the positions of the navagraha -s of Indian astrology at a particular moment like the moment of the birth of a child. The navagraha -s are the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and the two nodes of ...
Tajika Jyotish. The tājika jyotiṣ, or tājika śastra, that is, the tājika system of astrology, is one of the three systems of Indian astrology as applied to individual charts (horoscopes). [1] The other two systems are the Parāśari and Jaimini systems. The word tājika means an Arab or a Persian [2] [3] and it indicates the history of ...
The basic concept of Nadi Astrology is "Nadi" ( nāḍi ). There are 150 Nādis in a sign or Rāshi (Rāsi); one sign is 30 degrees of the zodiac 360. Twelve signs of the zodiac are grouped into three categories: Moveable (Chara), Fixed (Sthira), and Dual (Dvisvabhāva) signs. The nomenclature of 150 Nādis is peculiar to each of these three ...
The term Varga ( Sanskrit varga, 'set, division') in Indian astrology ( Jyotisha) refers to the division of a zodiacal sign ( rāśi) into parts. Each such fractional part of a sign, known as an aṃśa, has a source of influence associated with it, so that these sources of influence come to be associated with collections of regions around the ...
Ayanāṃśa. Path taken by the point of vernal equinox along the ecliptic over the past 6000 years. Ayanamsa ( ayanāṃśa: from Sanskrit ayana 'movement' and aṃśa 'component'), also ayanabhāga (from Sanskrit bhāga 'portion'), is the Sanskrit term for many systems used in Hindu astrology to account for the precession of equinoxes. [ 1 ...