History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.415

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A planet is said by Sārāvalī to have nine vicissitudes,⁸⁷⁴ *dīpta* (blazing, when it is in exaltation), *svastha* (at ease when it is in its svagṛha), *mudita* (glad, when it is in a friend's svagṛha), *śānta* (quiet, when it is in an auspicious varga), *śakta* (capable, when it is shining brightly), *nṛpīḍita* (oppressed, when it is overwhelmed by another planet), *bhīta* (frightened, when it is in depression), *vikala* (impaired when its light is lost in Sun's light), *khala* (evil, when it is in the midst of evil company). The Sārāvalī (V. 5-13) describes at length the results of a planet being in these nine conditions.