Glossary
Glossary: Jyotish · Hora
Sanskrit terms as they are used in the School’s teaching, in IAST transliteration and Devanagari, with a short gloss you will also see when you tap or hover a term anywhere on the site.
81 terms
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- Antardaśā (Bhukti)अन्तर्दशाSub-period within a major daśā, also called bhukti.Jyotish · Hora
- Āpoklimaआपोक्लिमCadent houses 3, 6, 9 and 12, preceding the kendras.Jyotish · Hora
- Ari bhāva (Ripu, Śatru bhāva)अरिभावSixth house: opponents, debts, illness, service and daily work.Jyotish · Hora
- Aṣṭakavargaअष्टकवर्गEightfold point system scoring each sign for each graha.Jyotish · Hora
- Aṣṭakūṭaअष्टकूटEight-factor, 36-point method of comparing two birth charts.Jyotish · Hora
- Ātmakārakaआत्मकारकIn Jaimini, the graha furthest advanced within its sign.Jyotish · Hora
- Āyur bhāva (Randhra, Mṛtyu bhāva)आयुर्भावEighth house: longevity, the hidden, inheritance and sudden change.Jyotish · Hora
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- DaśāदशाPlanetary period: a span of life governed by one graha.Jyotish · Hora
- DaśāṃśaदशांशThe tenth-division chart (D10), read for career and action.Jyotish · Hora
- Dhana bhāvaधनभावSecond house: wealth, speech, family and food.Jyotish · Hora
- Dhanu (Dhanus)धनुSagittarius: ninth sign, fiery and dual, ruled by Jupiter.Jyotish · Hora
- Dharma bhāva (Bhāgya bhāva)धर्मभावNinth house: dharma, father, teacher, fortune and long journeys.Jyotish · Hora
- DoṣaदोषA fault: in Jyotish an affliction, in Ayurveda a bodily principle.Jyotish · Hora
- Dṛṣṭiदृष्टिAspect: a graha's 'sight' cast on houses and grahas.Jyotish · Hora
- Duḥsthānaदुःस्थानDifficult houses 6, 8 and 12, also called trika.Jyotish · Hora
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- Gaṇa kūṭaगणकूटSixth koota (6 points): deva, manuṣya and rākṣasa temperaments.Jyotish · Hora
- GocaraगोचरTransit: the current movement of grahas over the birth chart.Jyotish · Hora
- Graha maitrī kūṭaग्रहमैत्रीकूटFifth koota (5 points): friendship between the two Moon-sign lords.Jyotish · Hora
- Guru (Bṛhaspati)गुरुJupiter: wisdom, teachers, children, dharma and expansion.Jyotish · Hora
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- Kāla Sarpa doṣaकालसर्पदोषAll seven grahas lying on one side of the Rāhu–Ketu axis.Jyotish · Hora
- Kalatra bhāva (Jāyā, Yuvati bhāva)कलत्रभावSeventh house: spouse, partnership, contracts and public dealings.Jyotish · Hora
- Kanyāकन्याVirgo: sixth sign, earthy and dual, ruled by Mercury.Jyotish · Hora
- KārakaकारकSignificator: a graha that signifies a person or theme.Jyotish · Hora
- Karka (Karkaṭa)कर्कCancer: fourth sign, watery and movable, ruled by the Moon.Jyotish · Hora
- Karma bhāvaकर्मभावTenth house: action, profession, status and public life.Jyotish · Hora
- Kendraकेन्द्रAngular houses 1, 4, 7 and 10; the chart's pillars.Jyotish · Hora
- KetuकेतुThe Moon's descending node, always opposite Rāhu.Jyotish · Hora
- Kumbhaकुम्भAquarius: eleventh sign, airy and fixed, ruled by Saturn.Jyotish · Hora
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- MakaraमकरCapricorn: tenth sign, earthy and movable, ruled by Saturn.Jyotish · Hora
- Maṅgala (Kuja, Bhauma)मङ्गलMars: energy, courage, siblings, land and conflict.Jyotish · Hora
- Maṅgala doṣa (Kuja doṣa)मङ्गलदोषMars in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house.Jyotish · Hora
- MeṣaमेषAries: first sign, fiery and movable, ruled by Mars.Jyotish · Hora
- MīnaमीनPisces: twelfth sign, watery and dual, ruled by Jupiter.Jyotish · Hora
- MithunaमिथुनGemini: third sign, airy and dual, ruled by Mercury.Jyotish · Hora
- Mitraमित्रFriendship between grahas, natural and temporary.Jyotish · Hora
- Mūlatrikoṇaमूलत्रिकोणA graha's root sign-segment, ranked between exaltation and own sign.Jyotish · Hora
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- PaṇapharaपणफरSuccedent houses 2, 5, 8 and 11, following the kendras.Jyotish · Hora
- Parivartanaपरिवर्तनMutual exchange: two grahas each in the other's sign.Jyotish · Hora
- Pitṛ doṣaपितृदोषAn affliction of the Sun or ninth house, read for ancestors.Jyotish · Hora
- Pratyantardaśāप्रत्यन्तर्दशाThird-level period within an antardaśā.Jyotish · Hora
- Putra bhāvaपुत्रभावFifth house: children, intellect, learning and past merit.Jyotish · Hora
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- Ṣaḍbalaषड्बलSixfold strength: the computed strength of each graha.Jyotish · Hora
- Sāḍhe-sātīसाढ़ेसातीSaturn's 7½-year transit through the 12th, 1st and 2nd from the Moon.Jyotish · Hora
- Sahaja bhāvaसहजभावThird house: siblings, courage, effort and short journeys.Jyotish · Hora
- Saṃhitā skandhaसंहितास्कन्धThe branch of Jyotiṣa on collective matters, omens and nature.Jyotish · Hora
- ŚaniशनिSaturn: time, discipline, labour, delay and longevity.Jyotish · Hora
- Śatruशत्रुEnmity between grahas; a graha placed in an enemy's sign.Jyotish · Hora
- SiṃhaसिंहLeo: fifth sign, fiery and fixed, ruled by the Sun.Jyotish · Hora
- Sukha bhāvaसुखभावFourth house: mother, home, land, vehicles and inner contentment.Jyotish · Hora
- Śukraशुक्रVenus: relationships, arts, refinement, comfort and vehicles.Jyotish · Hora
- Sūryaसूर्यThe Sun: soul, vitality, father and authority.Jyotish · Hora
- Svakṣetra (Svarāśi)स्वक्षेत्रOwn sign: a graha placed in a rasi it rules.Jyotish · Hora
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- Tanu bhāvaतनुभावFirst house: the body, self and constitution; the Lagna's house.Jyotish · Hora
- Tārā kūṭaताराकूटThird koota (3 points): nakshatra distance counted in cycles of nine.Jyotish · Hora
- Trikoṇaत्रिकोणTrine houses 1, 5 and 9; the houses of dharma.Jyotish · Hora
- TulāतुलाLibra: seventh sign, airy and movable, ruled by Venus.Jyotish · Hora
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- Vargaवर्गDivisional chart: a sign subdivided to give a derived chart.Jyotish · Hora
- Varṇa kūṭaवर्णकूटFirst koota (1 point): classifies Moon signs into four varṇas.Jyotish · Hora
- Vaśya kūṭaवश्यकूटSecond koota (2 points): mutual influence between Moon-sign categories.Jyotish · Hora
- Vimśottarī daśāविंशोत्तरी दशाThe 120-year nakshatra-based daśā cycle of nine grahas.Jyotish · Hora
- VṛṣabhaवृषभTaurus: second sign, earthy and fixed, ruled by Venus.Jyotish · Hora
- Vṛścikaवृश्चिकScorpio: eighth sign, watery and fixed, ruled by Mars.Jyotish · Hora
- Vyaya bhāvaव्ययभावTwelfth house: expenditure, loss, distant lands, retreat and liberation.Jyotish · Hora
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- Yoga (in a chart)योगA defined combination of grahas, houses and signs in a chart.Jyotish · Hora
- Yoginī daśāयोगिनी दशाA 36-year daśā cycle of eight yoginīs.Jyotish · Hora
- Yoni kūṭaयोनिकूटFourth koota (4 points): animal symbols assigned to nakshatras.Jyotish · Hora
- YutiयुतिConjunction: two or more grahas in the same sign.Jyotish · Hora