Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Vedanga Jyotisha (IAST: Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa), or Jyotishavedanga (Jyotiṣavedāṅga), is one of earliest known Indian texts on astrology (). [1] The extant text is dated to the final centuries BCE, [2] but it may be based on a tradition reaching back to about 700-600 BCE.
The term Varga (Sanskrit varga, 'set, division') in Indian astrology 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 zodiac.
Jyotisha (Sanskrit: ज्योतिष jyotiṣa, "astrology"): Right time for rituals with the help of position of nakshatras and asterisms [2] and astronomy. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] This auxiliary Vedic discipline focused on time keeping.
The work covers the wide and complex range of predictive astrology. The brevity employed in its composition is noteworthy. In an article titled "On the Authenticity of the (Modern) Brhat Parasara Hora Sastra" published in the July and August 2009 issues of The Astrological Magazine, Bengaluru, the Vedic astrologer Shyamasundaradasa writes that
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.
Sarvartha Chintamani [1] [2] is one of the important books of astrology belonging to ancient India. Written in Sanskrit verse it deals with the effects of each house in the natal chart in far greater detail besides giving the description about the planets, their effects, lifespan and prosperity.
Jaimini Sutras, also known as Upadesa Sutras [1] [2] is an ancient Sanskrit text on the predictive part of Vedic Astrology, attributed to the sage Jaimini, the founder of the Purva Mimamsa branch of Vedic philosophy, a disciple of Vyasa and grandson of Parashara.
In Vedic astrology, the basic tenet of astrology was integrated with celestial events and thus was born various branches of Vedic astrology and the Panchānga. In simple terms, "Panchānga" means the Day, Nakshatra (Star), tithi, Yoga and Karana every day. It is a mirror of the sky.