History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.380

v6.c82.380

Certain rāśis are declared to be the houses (*svagṛha*) of planets and certain other rāśis as their *ucca* (*exaltation*) and certain parts or degrees of the *ucca* are declared to be *paramocca*; the 7th rāśi from the *ucca* is said to be *nīca* i e depressed and certain parts (or degrees) of the latter are said to be *paramanīca*. The Sun and the Moon have each only one rāśi as *svagṛha*, while the other five planets have two each The following diagram will indicate all this at a glance