History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.231

v6.c82.231

The Atharvaṇa Jyotiṣa furnishes a somewhat different scheme of nakṣatra astrology. It says⁷⁷² the 10th nakṣatra from the nakṣatra of a man's birth is called *karma*, the 19th (from janma-nakṣatra) is called *garbhādhānaka* (nakṣatra of conception), the 2nd, 11th and 20th constitute the group called *sampatkara* (bringing about prosperity), the 3rd, 12th and 21st (from 'janmanakṣatra) constitute the group of *vipatkara* (bringing about ill-luck or distress), the 4th, 13th and 22nd are called *kṣemya* (causing prosperity), the 5th, 14th and 23rd are called 'pratvara (*pratyari*?)', 6th, 15th and 24th constitute (the group called) *sādhaka* (that accomplish), the 7th, 16th and 25th are called *naidhana* (relating to death), the 8th, 17th and 26th are *maitra* (friendly), the 9th, 18th and 27th constitute a highly friendly group These are nine groups (each made up of three nakṣatras from among 27 nakṣatras and each one in each group being separated by the number 9 from the next in the same group). These names make a further approach to the scheme of twelve *bhāvas*⁷⁷³ viz. *janma* (which corresponds in name and import to *tanu* or *lagna*), *sampat* (corresponds to the 2nd *bhāva* called *dhana*), *karma* (is same as 10th *bhāva*), *naidhana* (corresponds to 8th *bhāva* called *vināśa* or *mṛtyu*), *maitra* (corresponds to the 4th *bhāva* called *suhṛt*), *kṣemya* (corresponds to the name of the 11th *bhāva* called *āya* or *lābha*). The *Atharvaṇa-Jyotiṣa* then provides at some length what should be done or not done on these nine groups and their constituents. The above mentioned words (*vipatkara*, *kṣemya* &c.) occur also in Bṛhad-yogayātrā (folio 5 b, IV. 17), in Viṣṇudharmottara II. 166 at end and in the Tantrika work Śāradātilaka⁷⁷⁴.