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The basic concept of Nadi Astrology is "Nadi" (nāḍi).There are 150 Nādis in a sign or Rāshi (Rāsi); one sign is 30 degrees of the zodiac 360. Twelve signs of the zodiac are grouped into three categories: Moveable (Chara), Fixed (Sthira), and Dual (Dvisvabhāva) signs.
The Jyotish caste comprises individuals who traditionally practiced astrology. According to many sources, these individuals were originally considered part of the Brahmin caste . They were said to have originated from Shakadweepa or Sakaldweep , and hence were referred to as Sakaldweepiya or Shakadweepi Brahmans.
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).
Jyotisha, states Monier-Williams, is rooted in the word Jyotish, which means light, such as that of the sun or the moon or a 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.
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.
Bhrigu (Sanskrit: भृगु, IAST: Bhṛgu) is a rishi of Adi-rishi tradition. He is one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis, and one of the many Prajapatis (the facilitators of creation) created by Brahma. [1]
The Yavanajātaka (Sanskrit: yavana 'Greek' + jātaka 'nativity' = 'nativity according to the Greeks'), written by Sphujidhvaja, is an ancient text in Indian astrology. ...