The Book of Akbar 23.4

23.4

This is due, I think, to the fact that each House of a horoscope consists of about 30° i.e., of three decanates or darijāns. Hence, in mentioning the dignities or properties of a House, instead of saying darijan and darijan or using the word wajh (face) three times over, he varies the expression for the sake of euphony. What the exact etymology of the word adarjān or darijan is, I am unable to say. The varieties of spelling lead one to suppose it a foreign word. It is clear from Alchabitius, that adarjān or ādarajān is the proper spelling, and that the form aradjan of the Bādshāhnāma and the Dictionaries is incorrect.