Narapatijayacarya 2.14-2

are to be known as mutually equivalent. Both have equal fruits, even though situated beneath different vowels.' Thus concludes the phonemic sound.

The phoneme-sound diagram.

Child, Youth, Young Man, Old Man, Dead.

a, i, u, e, o.

ka, kha, ga, gha, ca;

cha, ja, jha, ṭa, ṭha;

ḍa, ḍha, ta, tha, da;

dha, na, pa, pha, ba;
bha, ma, ya, ra, la;
va, śa, ṣa, sa, ha.
Now, the planetary sounds:
The 'a'-sound belongs to Aries, Leo, and Scorpio; the 'i'-sound belongs to Virgo, Gemini, and Cancer;
Sagittarius and Pisces belong to the 'u'-sound; Libra and Taurus belong to the 'e'-sound;

and Capricorn and Aquarius belong to the 'o'-sound; and the lords of the signs are the planetary sounds.
Beneath the vowel one should place the planets: whichever planet is the ruler of a sign.

Mars, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter,
Saturn, Saturn, and likewise Jupiter are the respective lords of Aries and the rest.

[On the verse] 'The a-sound' and so forth: Beneath the 'a'-sound, Aries, Leo, and Scorpio are to be written. Beneath the 'i'-sound, Virgo, Gemini, and Cancer. Beneath the 'u'-sound, Sagittarius and Pisces. Beneath the 'e'-sound, Libra and Taurus. Beneath the 'o'-sound, Capricorn and Aquarius. Having thus drawn them in the diagram, whichever lord belongs to whichever sign, one should write him beneath it. Thus, whichever planet is beneath whichever vowel, that vowel is to be understood as belonging to it; such is the meaning. (15, 16) [On the verse] 'Mars' and so forth: This is clear. Now, an illustration of planetary sounds: In Devadatta's name, the phoneme is 'de', and that 'de'—among the four quarters of the asterism Revatī [bearing the syllables] de, do, ca, cī—is the first quarter. By the asterism Revatī [is indicated] the sign Pisces, and that is beneath the 'u'-sound. The lord of the sign Pisces is Jupiter; Jupiter is the master of the vowel 'u'; therefore, Devadatta's planetary sound is the vowel 'u'. Likewise, in Sadānanda's name, the phoneme is 'sa', and that—among the four quarters of the asterism Śatabhiṣaj [bearing the syllables] go, sā, sī, sū—is the second quarter, having the nature of the sign Aquarius; its ruler is Saturn, standing beneath the 'o'-sound; therefore, for Sadānanda, the vowel 'o' itself is the planetary sound. Thus it should be applied everywhere. Thus conclude the planetary sounds.

The planetary sound diagram.

Vowels: a, i, u, e, o.

1, 3, 9, 2, 10.

5, 4, 12, 7, 11.

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Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn are the lords.

Mars, Mercury.

Infant, youth, adult, old, and dead are the states.

Now, the life-sound:

The a-class has sixteen phonemes, while the phonemes of the ka-class and the rest form groups of five;
The ya- and śa-classes have four phonemes each: [these] numbers are declared for the classes.

One should take the vowels and consonants in a name according to the numerical value of the phonemes of the classes;
Summed together and divided by five, the remainder is known as the life-sound.