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February 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message) A jyotiḥśāstra ( treatise on jyotisha ) is a text from a classical body of literature on the topic of Hindu astrology , known as Jyotiṣa , dating to the medieval period of Classical Sanskrit literature (roughly the 3rd to 9th centuries CE).
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.
Jyotir Math is the uttaramnaya matha or northern monastery, one of four cardinal institutions established by Adi Shankara, the reviver of Vedic Sanatana Dharma. [1] Shankara's four principal disciples, Padma-Pada, Hasta-Malaka, Suresvaracharya and Totakacharya were assigned to these four learning centers in the north, south, east and west of India. [3]
Jyotisha, states Monier-Williams, is rooted in the word Jyotish, which means light, such as that of the sun or the moon or heavenly body. The term Jyotisha includes the study of astronomy, astrology and the science of timekeeping using the movements of astronomical bodies.
Gargiya-jyotisha is the oldest extant text of the Indian astrology (jyotiḥśāstra), [1] composed around 25 CE. [2]Mahabharata 13.18.25–26 (Anushasana Parva) refers to the 64 divisions of a work of Garga, a description identical to given in the second chapter of the Garga-jyotisha.
Bhrigu as per the Bhrigu Stotram. The Bhṛgu Saṃhitā is a Saṃskṛta astrological treatise attributed in its introduction to Bhrigu, one of the "Saptarshis" ("seven sages") of the Vedic period.
April 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Horā ( Sanskrit : होरा) [ 1 ] ) is a branch of the Indian system of astrology known as Jyotiṣa . It deals with the finer points of predictive methods, as distinct from Siddhānta ( astronomy proper) and Saṃhita ( mundane astrology ).
In Vedic Astrology Jyotiṣa, the Lagna (lagñ) or Hour Marker, is the first moment of contact between the soul and its new life on earth in Jyotiṣa. [1] Lagna's Rashi and Nakshatra represents the "Atman" (Soul) of an Individual Person while the Lagna Lord which represents the Ruler of the Horoscope absorbs the traits and qualities of that specific Rashi & Nakshatra.