History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.382

v6.c82.382

The figures under signs of exaltation and depression are the *aṁśas* (degrees) respectively of *paramocca* and *paramanīca*. The explanation offered by Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja and the Vṛddhayavana-jātaka of Mīnarāja is that the sign of Leo was assigned to the Sun as his house because it is the most powerful sign and Cancer (a watery sign) was assigned to the Moon, and the Sun and the Moon each gave one sign out of the remaining to the other five planets viz Kanyā, Tulā, Vṛścika, Dhanus and Makara were given by the Sun to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn (arranged according to distance) and the Moon gave to the same five planets one each of the rāśis of Mithuna, Vṛṣabha, Meṣa, Mīna and Kumbha (vide my paper on 'Yavaneśvara and Utpala' in J. B. B. R. A. S. vol. 30 on p. 5 for the verses of Mīnarāja and p 7 for translation) Tetrabiblos I. 17 practically gives a similar explanation about houses (svagṛhas) and I 19 agrees with Br. J I 13 about the exaltation and depression signs. Ptolemy does not give the degrees (of paramocca and paramanīca⁸⁶²).