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Jataka Parijata

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मूलत्रिकोणा हरिताबुरुक्रिया वधूधनुस्तौलिघटा दिवाकरत् ।सितासिताकर्कङ्गिरसां नखांशकास्त्रिकोणमादौ परतः स्वमन्दिरम् ॥

Now the moolatrikona and other signs of the Sun and the rest. From the Sun, the moolatrikona signs are Leo, Taurus, Aries, Virgo, Sagittarius, Libra and Aquarius. For Venus (sita), Saturn (asita), the Sun (arka) and Jupiter (angiras), the first twenty (nakha = 20) degrees are the moolatrikona, and beyond that is the planet's own house.

english translation

वृषादिभागत्रयमुच्चमिन्दोर्मूलत्रिकोणं परतस्तु सर्वम् । मेषादिगा द्वादशभागसंज्ञाः कुजस्य कोणं परतः स्वभं स्यात् ॥

The first three degrees of Taurus are the Moon's exaltation; all beyond that is moolatrikona. For Mars, the first twelve degrees of Aries are the trikona; beyond that is his own sign.

english translation

कन्यार्द्धमुच्चं, शशिजस्य लोणं दशांशकाः स्वर्क्षफलं शरांशाः । कुम्भस्त्रिकोणं, फणिनायकस्य तुङ्गं नृयुग्मं, रमणी गृहं स्यात् ॥

Half of Virgo (15 degrees) is the exaltation; for Mercury the trikona (kona) [the text reads lona] is ten degrees and his own-sign portion five degrees. For Rahu (lord of serpents), Aquarius is the trikona, Gemini the exaltation, and Virgo (ramani) the house.

english translation

मेषो वृषो मकरषष्ठकुलीरमीनाः तौली च तुङ्गभवनानि तदस्तनीचाः । नित्याङ्गनाहरिमणामनुसारनीरसङ्ख्या दिवाकरसुखादतितुङ्गभागाः

Now the exaltation and debilitation signs of the Sun and the others, and their degrees of highest exaltation. Aries, Taurus, Capricorn, the sixth (Virgo), Cancer, Pisces and Libra are the exaltation signs; the seventh from each is the debilitation sign. The degrees of highest exaltation, from the Sun onward, are given by the numbers nitya, angana, hari, mana, manu, sara, nira: Sun 10, Moon 3, Mars 28, Mercury [reading unclear], Jupiter 5, Venus 27, Saturn 20.

english translation

लग्नं होरा दृकाणं स्वरनवदशकद्वादशांशा कलांशाःत्रिंशत्षष्ट्यंशकाख्या व्ययदुरितचयश्रिकरा मानवानाम् । होरा राश्यर्धमोजे इनकरशशिनोरिन्दुमार्तण्ढोरे (२)युग्मे राशौ, दृगाणा निजतनयतपःस्थानपानां भवन्ति॥

Now the ten divisions (dashavarga) and their lords. The lagna, hora, drekkana, the seventh-part (svara = 7), ninth-part, tenth-part, twelfth-part, the sixteenth-part (kala = 16), and those called the thirtieth-part and sixtieth-part [are the ten]; they bring people loss, trouble, gain and prosperity. (1) Hora is half a sign: in an odd sign [the halves] are the Sun's and the Moon's; in an even sign the Moon's and the Sun's. (2) The drekkanas belong to the lords of the sign itself, of its 5th and of its 9th.

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