The Jewel of Annual Astrology : : A Parallel Sanskrit-English Critical Edition of Balabhadra's Hayanaratna / / Martin Gansten and Balabhadra Balabhadra Daivajña.

• Superior document: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series ; Volume 19.
• VerfasserIn: Gansten, Martin, 1969-; Daivajña, Balabhadra,
• TeilnehmendeR: Daivajña, Balabhadra,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series ; Volume 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1030 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).

The Jewel of Annual Astrology is an encyclopaedic treatise on Tājika or Sanskritized Perso-Arabic astrology, dealing particularly with the casting and interpretation of anniversary horoscopes. Authored in 1649 CE by Balabhadra Daivajña, court astrologer to Shāh Shujāʿ – governor of Bengal and second...

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Text and Translation
• 1 Fundamentals of Astrology and the Annual Revolution
• 1.1 The Author’s Family Lineage
• 1.2 The Tājika Teaching: Lawful and Useful
• 1.3 Fate, Human Effort, and the Astrologer
• 1.4 The Signs of the Zodiac
• 1.5 The Planets
• 1.6 Calculating the Time of the Annual Revolution
• 1.7 General Methods for Gauging the Nature of the Year
• 1.8 Calculating the Planetary Positions in the Annual Revolution
• 1.9 Calculating and Judging the Houses in the Annual Revolution
• 2 Aspects and Dignities
• 2.1 The Various Aspects and Their Results
• 2.2 Dexter and Sinister Aspects
• 2.3 Numerical Values of the Aspects
• 2.4 Schemes of Friendship and Enmity
• 2.5 The Five Dignities
• 2.6 The Sixfold Strength
• 2.7 Other Calculations of Strength
• 2.8 The Twelve Dignities
• 2.9 The Joys of the Planets
• 3 The Sixteen Configurations
• 3.1 The Names of the Configurations and the Orbs of Light of the Planets
• 3.2 The ikkavāla and induvāra Configurations
• 3.3 The itthaśāla Configuration
• 3.4 The īsarāpha Configuration
• 3.5 The nakta Configuration
• 3.6 The yamayā Configuration
• 3.7 The maṇaū Configuration
• 3.8 The kambūla Configuration
• 3.9 The gairikambūla Configuration
• 3.10 The khallāsara Configuration
• 3.11 The radda Configuration
• 3.12 The duḥphālikuttha Configuration
• 3.13 The dutthotthadabīra Configuration
• 3.14 The tambīra Configuration
• 3.15 The kuttha Configuration
• 3.16 The duruḥpha Configuration
• 4 The sahamas
• 4.1 The Names of the sahamas
• 4.2 Calculating the sahama of Fortune: Conflicting Opinions
• 4.3 Calculating the Remaining sahamas
• 4.4 Converting the sahamas to Ascensions
• 4.5 Sahamas of Signs, Planets, and Family Members
• 4.6 The Results of sahamas
• 4.7 The Times of Results
• 5 The Ruler of the Year and Related Matters
• 5.1 Calculating the munthahā
• 5.2 General Results of the munthahā
• 5.3 Results of the munthahā Occupying the Twelve Houses
• 5.4 The munthahā in the Nativity and in the Revolution
• 5.5 Planets Influencing the munthahā
• 5.6 Finding the munthahā from a Query
• 5.7 The Triplicity Rulers
• 5.8 Finding the Ruler of the Year
• 5.9 Special Considerations
• 5.10 General Results of the Ruler of the Year
• 5.11 The Results of Each Planet as Ruler of the Year
• 5.12 Unfortunate Configurations
• 5.13 Cancellation of Misfortune
• 5.14 Configurations for Dominion
• 5.15 Cancellation of Dominion
• 6 Judging the Twelve Houses
• 6.1 General Principles of Judgement
• 6.2 The First House
• 6.3 The Second House
• 6.4 The Third House
• 6.5 The Fourth House
• 6.6 The Fifth House
• 6.7 The Sixth House
• 6.8 The Seventh House
• 6.9 The Eighth House
• 6.10 The Ninth House
• 6.11 The Tenth House
• 6.12 The Eleventh House
• 6.13 The Twelfth House
• 7 The Planetary Periods
• 7.1 The Periods Based on Deducted Degrees
• 7.2 Including or Excluding the Signs: Different Opinions
• 7.3 Three Varieties of tāsīra Periods
• 7.4 The Periods Based on Planetary Hours
• 7.5 The haddā Periods
• 7.6 The Natural Periods of the Planets
• 7.7 The Results of Periods
• 7.8 The Subperiods of the Planets
• 7.9 Periods according to the Schools of Gaurī and Mahādeva
• 7.10 Periods according to the School of (Bala)rāma
• 7.11 The Use of the Different Systems of Periods
• 8 Monthly and Daily Revolutions
• 8.1 Preliminary Calculations
• 8.2 The Three Corrections
• 8.3 An Example from the Nativity of Shāh Shujāʿ
• 8.4 The Ruler of the Month and Results according to the Ninth-Parts
• 8.5 The Planets in the Ninth-Parts of the Houses
• 8.6 The Planets in the Houses
• 8.7 The Results of Periods within a Month
• 8.8 The Results of Daily Revolutions
• 8.9 The Ruler of the Day and Other Planets
• 8.10 Periods within a Day
• 8.11 Planetary States in the Daily Revolution
• 8.12 The Judgement of Meals
• 8.13 The Judgement of Hunting
• 8.14 The Judgement of Dreams
• 8.15 How to Write out a Complete Annual Horoscope
• 8.16 Dedication and Conclusion
• Appendix: Solar Equation ( mandaphala )
• Glossary of Astrological Terms
• Bibliography
• Index.