This section is from the book "The Brihat Jataka Of Varaha Mihira", by N. Chidambaram Aiyar. Also available from Amazon: Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira.
The following list of Astrological terms defined in the first two chapters and arranged alphabetically with the stanzas given opposite to each is published for convenience of reference:-
Ch. | Stanza. | |||||
A. | ||||||
Agna (10th house) | • • | • • • | • • • | • • a | I | 16 |
Akokera (Greek name for Makara, Capricorn). | I | 8 | ||||
Ambu (4th house) | • • • | • • | • • • | I | 18 | |
Angles or quadrants, their strength | • •• | • • • | I | 19 | ||
Antyabha (Sign Meena, Pisces)... | • • • | • • | I | 8 | ||
Apoklima (the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12 houses from the ascendant) | ||||||
• • • | I | 18 | ||||
Aspects, planetary | ... | • • • | • • • | • • • | ii | 13 |
Astabhavana (7th house or setting sign) | • • • | I | 18 | |||
Astangata planets | • • • | • • • | • • | VII | 2 | |
Atimitragraha, very friendly planets | • • • | • • • | II | 18 | ||
Atisatrugraha, very inimical planets | • • • | • • • | II | 19 | ||
B. | |||||||
Benefic planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | 11 | 5 |
Benefic signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | 1 | 11 |
Biped signs, their strength | • • • | • • • | •• • | 1 | 19 | ||
C. | ||||||
Castes, planetary divisions of | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 7 | |
Centiped signs, their strength | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 19 | |
Chara rasi, movable signs | • • . | • • • | • • • | I | 11 | |
Chaturasra, 4th and 8th houses | • • • | • • • | I | 16 | ||
Chatushpada rasi, quadruped signs ... | • • • | I | 17 & 19 | |||
Cheshtabala, motional strength of planets | • • • | II | 19 | |||
Clothes, planetary divisions of | • • • | • • • | II | 12 | ||
Colors, planetary divisions of | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 4&5 | |
Ch. | Stanza. | ||||||
Colors, of Zodiacal signs | • •• | • • • | • • • | I | 20 | ||
Common signs | • • • | • | • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 |
D. | |||||||
Dakshina rasis, Southern signs | • • • | • •• | I | 11 | |||
Depression signs and degrees | • •• | • •• | • • • | I | 13 | ||
Devas, planetary divisions of | • • • | • •• | • •• | II | 5 | ||
Dhatus or elements of the body, planetary divisions of ... | |||||||
II | 11 | ||||||
Dik bala, quarterly strength of planets | • • • | II | 19 | ||||
Dik, direction of planets | • • • | • • • | • • | II | 5 | ||
Directions of planets | . ••• | • • • | • • • | • • | II | 5 | |
Diurnal signs | ... | • • • | • • • | • ■ • | • • • | I | 10 |
Drekkanas, their lords | • • • | • •• | • • • | • • | I | 11 & 12 | |
Drishti, planetary sight or aspect | • • | • • | II | 13 | |||
Duschikya, 3rd house | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | I | 19 | |
Dwadasabhava, signification of the 12 houses | I | 15&16 | |||||
Dwadasamsa, division of a sign into 12 parts ••• • • ••• ••• | |||||||
I | 6 | ||||||
Dwelling houses, planetary divisions of parts of ............ | |||||||
• • • | II | 12 | |||||
Dwipada rasis, biped signs | • • • | • • | • • • | I | 19 | ||
Dyuna, 7th house | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 16 | |
E. | |||||||
Eastern signs | • • • | • . • | • • • | • •• | I | 11 | |
Elements, dhatus, of the body, planetary divisions of | |||||||
• • » | II | 11 | |||||
Elements, planetary divisions of | • • • | • • • | II | 6 | |||
Exaltation signs and degrees | • • • | • • • | I | 1 | |||
F | |||||||
Female planets | • • • | • • • | • •• | • • • | • • • | II | 6 |
Female signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | • •• | • • • | I | 11 |
Fixed signs | • • • | • •• | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 |
Flavor, planetary | • •• | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 14 | |
Foot, signs that rise with their | • • • | • • • | I | 10 | |||
Forms of the signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | 1 | 5 | |
Ch. | Stanza. | |||||
Forms of the planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 8 to 11 |
Friendly planets | • • • | ... | • • • | • • • | II | 15 to 18 |
G. | ||||
Garments, planetary divisions of | • • • | • • • | II | 12 |
Greek names for Zodiacal signs | ... | • • • | I | 8 |
Guna, temper, planetary divisions of | • • • | • • • | II | 7 |
H. | ||||||||
Heads, signs that rise with their | • • • | • • • | I | 10 | ||||
Head and tail, sign that rises with its | • • • | I | 10 | |||||
Hermaphrodite planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 6 | ||
Hibuka, 4th house | • • • | • • | • • • | • • • | I | 18 | ||
Hora | • • | • •• | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 9 | |
Horas, their lords | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 & 12 | ||
Houses, their lords | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 6 | ||
Hridroga. Greek name for Kumbha, Aquarius. | I | 8 | ||||||
I. | ||||||
Immovable signs | • •• | • •• | • •• | • • • | I | 11 |
Inimical planets | • • | • • • | • •• | • •• | II | 15 to 18 |
J. | ||||||
Jamitra, 7th house | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 18 |
Jati, Caste, of the planets | • • | • • • | • • • | II | 7 | |
Jitunia, Greek name for Mithuna, Gemini | • • • | I | 8 | |||
Juka, Greek name for Tula, Libra | • • • | • • • | I | 8 | ||
K. | |||||
Kala, time, planetary lengths of | • • • | • • • | II | 14 | |
Kala bala, periodical strength of planets | • • • | II | 19 | ||
Kala purusha, planetary divisions of | • • • | • • • | II | 1 | |
Kala purusha, Zodiacal division of | • • • | • • • | I | 4 | |
Karmasthanam, 10th house | • • • | • • • | I | 18 | |
Kendra, quadrants or angles,their strength | • • • | I. | 17 & 19 | ||
Kourpya, Greek name for Vrischika, Scorpio. | I | 8 | |||
Ch. | Stanza. | |||||
Kria, Greek name for Mesha, Aries | • • | ... | I | 8 | ||
Kulira, Kataka, Cancer | • • | • • • | • • • | ••• | I | 8 |
L. | ||||||
Lagna, strength of | • • • | • • • | • •• | • • • | I | 18 |
Leya, Greek name for Simha, Leo | • • • | • • • | I | 8 | ||
M. | |||||||
Male planets | • • • | • • • | . . . | • • • | • • • | II | 6 |
Male signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 |
Malefic planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | * * *• • • | • • • | II | 5 |
Malefic signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 |
Measurement of the Zodiacal signs | • • • | • • • | I | 19 | |||
Meshoorana, 10th house | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 18 | ||
Metals, planetary divisions of | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 12 | ||
Mitragraha, friendly planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 15 to 18 | ||
Moola Trikona, signs and their lords | • • • | • • • | I | 14 | |||
Motional strength of planets | • • . | • • • | • • • | II | 19 | ||
Movable signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 |
Movable and immovable signs | • • • | • • • | I | 11 | |||
N. | |||||||
Naisargikabala, natural, relative strength of planets ... . ...... | |||||||
• • • | II | 21 | |||||
Names, various, for planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 2&3 | ||
Napumsaka graha, hermaphrodite planets | • • • | II | 6 | ||||
Natural, relative, strength of planets | • | • • | II | 19 | |||
Navamsa, division of sign into 9 parts and their lords ... | |||||||
• • • | I | 6 | |||||
Neecha, depression signs | • • • | • • • | • •« | I | 13 | ||
Neutral planets | • • | • • • | • •• | • • • | • • • | II | 17 & 18 |
Nocturnal signs | • • • | • • • | ... | • • • | I | 10 | |
P. | |||||
Panapara signs, 2nd, 5th, 8th & 11th houses | I | 18 | |||
Papagraha, malefic planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 5 |
Paparasi, malefic signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 |
Paschima rasi, Western signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | 1 | 11 |
Ch. | Stanza. | ||||||
Pathona, Greek name for Kanya, Virgo | • • • | I | 8 | ||||
Periodical strength of the planets | • • • | • • • | II | 19 | |||
Political divisions of the planets | • • • | • • • | II | 1 | |||
Positional strength of the planets | • • • | • • • | II | 19 | |||
Prak rasis, Eastern signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 | ||
Prishtodaya rasis, signs rising with their feet. | I | 10 | |||||
Purusha graha, male planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 6 | ||
Purusha rasis, male signs | • • • | • • • | • •• | I | 11 | ||
Q. | |||||||
Quadrants, their strength | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 17 & 19 | ||
Quadruped signs, their strength | • • • | • • • | I | 17 & 19 | |||
Quarterly strength of planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 19 | ||
R. | |||||||
Rasis, Signs, names of | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 4 | |
Rasis, their lords | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 6 | |
Rikshasandhi, defined | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | 1 | ||
Ritus, planetary divisions of | • • • | • • • | • • • | 11 | 12 | ||
Rupa, shapes, of planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | I1 | 8 to 11 | ||
Rupa, shapes, of signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 5 | |
S. | |||||||
Sama graha, neutral planets | • •• | • • • | • • • | II | 16 & 17 | ||
Satru graha, inimical planets | • • • | • • • | • •• | 11 | 15 to 18 | ||
Seasons, planetary divisions of | • • • | • •• | 11 | 12 | |||
Shadvarga, 6 modes of the division of the ecliptic • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• | |||||||
I | 9 | ||||||
Shapes of the signs | • • • | • • • | • •• | • •• | I | 5 | |
Shapes of the planets | • •• | • • • | • •• | • •• | II | 8 to 11 | |
Sights or aspects of the planets | • • • | • •• | 11 | 13 | |||
Signs, names of | i• •• | • •• | • • • | • • • | • •• | I | 4 |
Signs, their lords | • • • | • •• | • •• | • • • | • •• | 1 | 6 |
Significations, of the 12 signs of Zodiac | • • • | I | 15 & 16 | ||||
Siraprishtodaya rasi, sign that rises with its head and tail • •• • •• • •• • •• | |||||||
I | 10 | ||||||
Sirodaya rasis, signs that rise with their heads ... ... ... ... ... | |||||||
I | 10 | ||||||
Southern signs | • •• | • • • | • •• | • • • | • •• | I | 11 |
Sthanabala, positional strength of planets | • •• | 11 | 19 | ||||
Ch. | Stazna. | |||||
Sthira rasis, fixed signs | ... | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 |
Streegraha, female planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 6 | |
Stree rasis, female signs | • • • | • •• | • • • | I | 11 | |
Strength of Lagna | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 19 |
Subhagraha, benefic planets | • • • | • • • | • •• | II | 5 | |
Sukha, 4th house | ... .• • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 18 |
Sutabha, 5th house | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 18 |
Swakshetra houses and their lords | • • • | • • • | I | 6 | ||
T. | ||||||
Tails, signs that rise with their | • •• | • • • | I | 10 | ||
Tapas, 9th house | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 19 |
Tavuri, Greek name for Vrishabha, Taurus | I | 8 | ||||
Temper, of planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | II | 7 |
Toukshika, Greek name for Dhanus, Sagittari. | I | 8 | ||||
Triangular signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 6 |
Trikona, 5th house | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 18 |
Trikona rasi, triangular signs | • • • | • • • | I | 6 | ||
Trimsamsa, division of sign into 30 parts | • • • | I | 7 | |||
Tritrikona, 9th house . | ...• • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 19 |
U. | ||||||
Ubhaya rasi, movable and immovable signs | • • • | I | 11 | |||
Uccharasi, signs of exaltation with degree: | • • • | I | 13 | |||
Upachaya or improving signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 15 | |
Uttara rasi, Northern signs | ... | • • • | • • • | I | 11 | |
V | ||||||
Vargotlama, defined | • • | •• • | • • • | • • • | I | 14 |
Varna, color of planets | • • • | • • • | • • • | I1 | 4 &5 | |
Varna, color of Zodiacal signs | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 20 | |
Vesi, 2nd house from the Sun | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 20 | |
Vesma, 4th house | • •• • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 18 |
W. | ||||||
Western signs ... | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | I | 11 |
 
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