Rashyadhikara, Rāśyadhikāra, Rashi-adhikara: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Rāśyadhikāra can be transliterated into English as Rasyadhikara or Rashyadhikara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika AstrologyRāśyadhikāra (राश्यधिकार) (lit. “regarding the zodiacal signs”) is the name of the first chapter of the Karmaprakāśa—one of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology authored by Samarasiṃha in the 13th century.—Chapter 1 (rāśyadhikāra) appears to be based largely on Sahl ibn Bishr’s popular introduction to astrology, although it is a highly condensed rendering. The introductory material found in the first four chapters of the Karmaprakāśa may be twice abridged. Among the distinguishing Graeco-Arabic doctrines related, particular mention may be made of the imperfectly transmitted characterizations of the signs as hot, cold, moist and dry (1.8); the via combusta (1.9); the system of five zodiacal dignities, complete with a model of point values (1.11–23); the so-called blind degrees (1.25–28); and the four kinds of planetary rejoicing (1.30).
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
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Partial matches: Rashi, Adhikara, Raci.
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