[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 23.1 # The Book of Akbar 23.1 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 23.1 - **Language:** English ### [23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.23.1) ddarjan. This word puzzled me for a long time. It is not to be found in the dictionaries except under the form or They however do not explain even this word; saying only that it means “certain figures and mysteries in astrology.” (See Vullers 78 and Steingass.) The Lucknow editor (27) says that ddarjan is the same as wabal, and he repeats this explanation at page 30. He there says also that ddarjan, is a fortitude or dignity superior to that of the darijan, but inferior to that of the wajh face. It is clear therefore that it cannot bear the same meaning as wabal which is a debility and corresponds to the English detriment, Perhaps the editor connected it with auj, apsis or exaltation. Another explanation was sent me from India, to the effect that when two planets were in the same musallasat or triplicity, each was said to be the adārjan or partner of the other. If this were so, the word might be connected with the Arabic or idrāj or idrāj, a fold or folding; but I now believe this explanation is quite incorrect. The fact seems to be that adarjān or ādarajān is merely a form of the word darijān and is probably nothing but that word with the Arabic article al prefixed. The word occurs in the Mafātīhu-l-‘ulūm (ed. Vloten, Leyden 1895, 226) under the forms aldahaj and aldaraj and is there explained as synonymous with wajh, sūrat and dārijān. The editor says it is the same as the Greek δεκανός. - [Previous: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.22) - [Next: 23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.23.2) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.23.1) · Pramāṇa