The Study of Jyotisha · Chapter 53 of 54 · Appendices
Glossary
Terms are in alphabetical order. The number in brackets is the chapter where the term is explained.
Abhijit — a 28th nakshatra, between Uttara Ashadha and Shravana, used in some lists and in muhurta (4, 47). Adhi yoga — benefics in the 6th, 7th and 8th from the Moon (18). Amatyakaraka — in Jaimini, the planet second-highest in degrees; the "minister", for career (38). Anapha — a planet (not the Sun) in the 12th from the Moon (18). Angle — see kendra. Antardasha — a sub-period within a dasha; also bhukti (22). Apoklima — the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses; a Greek word (9, 48). Arudha pada — the sign showing the "image" of a house (38). Ascendant — the sign (and degree) rising on the eastern horizon at birth; lagna (6, 26). Ashtakavarga — the eight-source point system (16). Ashtakoota — North Indian marriage matching out of 36 points (41). Ashtottari — a 108-year dasha system (23). Aspect — a planet's influence on another house or planet; drishti (11). Atmakaraka — in Jaimini, the planet highest in degrees within its sign; the significator of the self (38). Avastha — a "state" of a planet, such as combust, infant, asleep (15). Ayanamsa — the angle between the tropical and sidereal zodiacs, about 24° today (2). Baladi avasthas — the "ages" of a planet by degree: infant, youth, adult, old, dead (15). Benefic — a naturally favourable planet: Jupiter, Venus, a waxing Moon, an unafflicted Mercury (8). Bhakoot — the 7-point part of Ashtakoota comparing the two Moon signs (41). Bhava — a house (9). Bhinnashtakavarga — one planet's own ashtakavarga table (16). BPHS — the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (50). Brihat Jataka — Varahamihira's book of horoscopy (48). Brihat Samhita — Varahamihira's encyclopaedia of omens, weather and the arts (42). Chandrabala — the strength of the Moon's transit from the birth Moon, used in muhurta (39). Chara dasha — Jaimini's sign-based dasha (38). Chara karaka — Jaimini's movable significators, ranked by degree (38). Chaturasra — the 4th and 8th houses (9). Cheshta bala — motional strength (14). Combust — too close to the Sun; asta (15). Dainya — a sign exchange involving the lord of the 6th, 8th or 12th (19). Dasha — a period of life ruled by a planet (or sign) (22). Debilitation — the sign (and degree) where a planet is weakest; neecha (10). Dig bala — directional strength (14). Dosha — a "fault" in a chart or a match (44). Drekkana — a third of a sign, 10°; the D3 chart (12). Drik — "seen": computation from modern astronomy, matching the sky (49). Durudhura — planets on both sides of the Moon (18). Dusthana — the difficult houses: 6th, 8th, 12th (9). Dvadashamsa — a twelfth of a sign; the D12 chart (12). Ekadhipatya shodhana — the same-lord reduction in ashtakavarga (16). Exaltation — the sign (and degree) where a planet is strongest; uchcha (10). Gajakesari — a yoga of Jupiter and the Moon, defined differently by different books (18). Gana — the "temperament" of a nakshatra: deva, manushya, rakshasa (41). Gandanta — the junctions between water and fire signs or nakshatras (4, 44). Ganita — mathematical astronomy, the first branch of Jyotisha (1, 49). Gochara — transits (24). Graha — a planet, one of the nine (8). Graha yuddha — planetary war: two planets within a degree (3, 15). Hamsa — the great-person yoga of Jupiter (18). Harsha — the 6th lord in the 6th, 8th or 12th (21). Hora — horoscopy (the second branch of Jyotisha); also half a sign, the D2 chart; also an hour (1, 12). Ithasala — in Tajika, a faster planet applying to an aspect with a slower one (25). Jaimini Sutras — the second classical school's text (38, 50). Kakshya — an eighth part of a sign used in ashtakavarga transits (16). Kalaprakasika — a South Indian muhurta text, English 1917 (39). Karaka — significator: a planet that naturally signifies something (8, 9, 38). Karakamsa — the navamsa sign of the atmakaraka (38). Karana — half a tithi; one of the five limbs (5). Katapayadi — the code that writes numbers as syllables (51). Kemadruma — no planet on either side of the Moon; has many cancellations (18). Kendra — the angular houses: 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th; a Greek word (9, 48). Kuja (Mangala) dosha — the "fault of Mars" (41). Lagna — the ascendant (6). Lord — the planet ruling a sign, and so the house it falls in (9). Malefic — a naturally difficult planet: the Sun, Mars, Saturn, a waning Moon, Rahu, Ketu (8). Moolatrikona — a planet's special sign (and degree range), between exaltation and own sign in strength (10). Muhurta — 48 minutes; an auspicious moment; electional astrology (39). Muntha — in Tajika, a point moving one sign a year from the birth ascendant (25). Nabhasa yoga — a yoga formed by the overall shape of the chart (20). Nadi — a "pulse" group in matching (41); also the palm-leaf and rule-book traditions (43). Naisargika — "natural": natural strength (14), natural dashas (23), natural friendship (10). Nakshatra — one of the 27 lunar mansions of 13°20′ (4, 13). Navamsa — a ninth of a sign, 3°20′; the D9 chart (12). Neecha bhanga — cancellation of debilitation (21). Node — Rahu or Ketu, where the Moon's path crosses the ecliptic (3). Panaphara — the 2nd, 5th, 8th and 11th houses; a Greek word (9, 48). Panchanga — the almanac of five limbs: tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga, karana (5). Parivartana — exchange of signs between two planets (19). Porutham — South Indian marriage matching, ten agreements (41). Prashna — horary astrology, the chart of a question (40). Raja yoga — a "royal" yoga (19). Rajju — a porutham grouping nakshatras by body part (41). Rashi — a sign of the zodiac (7). Retrograde — apparent backward motion (3). Ruchaka — the great-person yoga of Mars (18). Sade sati — Saturn's transit over the 12th, 1st and 2nd from the Moon (24). Samhita — omens, weather and mundane astrology, the third branch of Jyotisha (1, 42). Sarala — the 8th lord in the 6th, 8th or 12th (21). Sarvashtakavarga — the total ashtakavarga table, always 337 (16). Shadbala — the six-fold strength (14). Shadvarga — Varahamihira's six divisions (12, 15). Shodashavarga — the sixteen divisions (12). Siddhanta — a treatise of mathematical astronomy (48, 49). Sidereal zodiac — the zodiac fixed to the stars (2). Sunapha — a planet (not the Sun) in the 2nd from the Moon (18). Tajika — the annual-chart system from Arabic astrology (25). Tara — the nine-fold count between nakshatras (39, 41). Tithi — a lunar day: each 12° of the Moon's gain on the Sun (5). Transit — a planet's movement after birth; gochara (24). Trikona — the trines: 1st, 5th, 9th (9). Trikona shodhana — the triangle reduction in ashtakavarga (16). Tropical zodiac — the zodiac fixed to the equinox, used in the West (2, 43). Upachaya — the houses of growth: 3rd, 6th, 10th, 11th (9). Vakya — memorised astronomical tables in verse (51). Vara — the weekday (5). Vargottama — the same sign in the birth chart and the navamsa (12). Varshaphala — the annual chart (25). Vedha — obstruction of a transit (24); a porutham pair of nakshatras (41). Vesi — a planet (not the Moon) in the 2nd from the Sun (18). Vimala — the 12th lord in the 6th, 8th or 12th (21). Vimshopaka — the twenty-point strength across the divisions (15). Vimshottari — the 120-year dasha system (22). Yavana — Greek; Western foreigner (48). Yoga — a combination in a chart (17); also one of the five limbs of the panchanga (5). Yogakaraka — a planet ruling both a kendra and a trikona (19). Yogini dasha — a 36-year dasha system (23).