Narapatijayacarya 2.16-2

As an illustration: In the name Devadatta, the letter *d* has the number 3; the vowel *e* over the letter *d* has the number 11; the letter *v* has the number 4; the vowel *a* inherent in the letter *v* has the number 1; the second letter *d* has the number 3; the vowel *a* inherent within it has the number 1; the first letter *t* has the number 1; the second letter *t* has the number 1; the vowel *a* inherent in the second letter *t* has the number 1. The sum of these is twenty-six, 26. Divided by five according to the designation stated for the sounds and morae, the remainder is the number 1; therefore, the life-sound of Devadatta is *a*. Likewise, for Sadānanda the sum is 24; divided by five, the remainder is 4; therefore, the life-sound of Sadānanda is *e*.

a, ā, i, ī, u, ū, ṛ, ṝ, lṛ, lṝ, e.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

ai, o, au, aṃ, aḥ, ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ca.

12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 1

cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa, ta, tha.

2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2

da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, ra, la.

3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3

va, śa, ṣa, sa, ha.

4 1 2 3 4

Now, the zodiacal sign sound:

Aries and Taurus belong to *a*, along with the first six fractional divisions of Gemini;
The three fractional divisions of Gemini belong to *i*, as do Leo and Cancer.

Virgo and Libra belong to *u*, and the first three fractional divisions of Scorpio;
To *e* belong the final fractional divisions of Scorpio, Sagittarius, and the first six of Capricorn.

The final three fractional divisions of Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces belong to the sound *o*:
Thus are declared the sounds of the zodiacal signs, arising in order by single navāṃśas.