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— Kautilya, Arthashastra IX.4

Library · Teachers · Jaimini (the sage of the Upadesha Sutras) · date unknown; translated in part by B. Suryanarain Rao

Jaimini: the Upadesha Sutras

The second classical school of Indian horoscopy, kept on its own: the coded aphorisms and how they are read, aspects between signs, the movable significators and the soul's planet, the image-points (arudhas), intervention (argala), and the sign-based Chara dasha — with the places where the sources disagree. 4 chapters, 2,114 words.

  1. The sutras and how to read themWhat the Jaimini Sutras are, how much of them survives and has been translated, their coded style and the katapayadi cipher, their relation to the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, and how this book cites them.504 words
  2. Sign aspects and significatorsJS 1.1.2–24: how signs aspect signs, the movable significators ranked by degree within the sign (seven or eight), what each signifies, the atmakaraka and its navamsa (the karakamsa), and Jaimini's remark on Saturn — worked on an example.549 words
  3. Arudhas and argalaJS 1.1.5–10 and 1.1.29–31: argala, the intervention of planets in a house's affairs and its obstruction; and the arudha padas, the image a house projects — Jaimini's plain rule set beside the exceptions added in the BPHS, with an example where they disagree.507 words
  4. Chara dashaJS 1.1.26–34: Jaimini's sign-based period system — the years of each sign counted from the sign to its lord, forward or backward, the double lords of Scorpio and Aquarius, the order of the periods and their twelve sub-periods — worked on an example, with the disputed points of counting.554 words

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