Compiling Sanskrit words

[Guest guest]

Namaste! I have a small list of Sanskrit Jyotish terms that I compiled from many

sources. I don't know about the copyright for this. Somewhere I have a small

Sanskrit-English word list (if I can still find it). It is similar to the

Goravani List and of course there may be duplications. Some time I can go over

both of these lists and compile a joint list. I am not a Sanskrit scholar nor a

modern Sanskrit speaker. I have had a low level interest in Sanskrit and have a

copy of a Sanskrit course from the American Sanskrit Institute. I do not have a

Monier-Williams so I cannot verify meanings or root words etc.

Majid

Om Sri Ganapati Ki Jai!

[Guest guest]

Dear Majid,

 

If you could please send me the lists that you have compiled from different

sources, I could try to make an encyclopedia out of it. Regarding Sanskrit as a

language, my own experience is that rather than from books, I learnt more from

my Guruji, a school teacher by conversing with him a lot and asking questions

etc. Although the process of learning stopped a while ago in the year 1989, the

love for the language and the literature stays put as it was even in the absence

of a Guru.

 

As directed by Kannanji, let us make an effort to compile an encyclopedia for

the benefit of the enthusiasts around us and see if we can keep on improving it

regularly. I myself do not have any lists of terms or anything, but I can and

would certainly like to make an effort in this direction. Hope you can help me

in this.

 

Regards,

Abhilekh

 

Majid [majid (AT) vcn (DOT) bc.ca]Monday,

December 03, 2001 3:04 PMsjvcSubject: Re: [sjvc] Compiling

Sanskrit words

Namaste! I have a small list of Sanskrit Jyotish terms that I compiled from many

sources. I don't know about the copyright for this. Somewhere I have a small

Sanskrit-English word list (if I can still find it). It is similar to the

Goravani List and of course there may be duplications. Some time I can go over

both of these lists and compile a joint list. I am not a Sanskrit scholar nor a

modern Sanskrit speaker. I have had a low level interest in Sanskrit and have a

copy of a Sanskrit course from the American Sanskrit Institute. I do not have a

Monier-Williams so I cannot verify meanings or root words etc.

Majid

Om Sri Ganapati Ki Jai!

[Guest guest]

Here is my lowly version of a list:

VEDIC ASTROLOGY TERMINOLOGY

 

Abhijit - A Nakshatra between Uttarashadha and Shravana

mainly centred on the star Vega. For some reason it is

not usually included in the 27 nakshatras although it would

make 28 if it was.Adhipati - Lord.Adhipatya -

Lordship.Adrishta - Unseen, fortune, luck.Ahamkara - Egoism,

selfishness, ignorance.Alpayu - Short life between 8 and 32

years.Antahkarana - Mind.Apoklima - The 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th

Houses.Artha - Wealth or Prosperity. One of four aims of

life under Sanatana Dharma.Antara - Sub-period in a Dasha.Ari

Bhava - the sixth house in a Rashi or Bhava chart.Arudha -

The sign which is as distant from the lord as the lord is

from the house concerned.Ashtottari Dasha - A lunar based Dasha system uses

108 yr cycle and one chooses it according to certain

criteria.Ashtakavarga - A predictive method of Astrology that

uses a system of points based upon planetary

positions.Atichara - Accelerated planetary motion.Atman -

Divine selfhood, Soul.Ayanamsha - Precession of Equinoxes. Used to

convert Tropical positions to Sidereal.Ayushkaraka -

Significator of Longevity which is Saturn.

 

Bala - Strength.Balarishta - Infant mortality.Bhaghya Bhava

- Ninth house of Luck.Bharya Bhava - Seventh house of spouse

(wife).Bhava - House and is also used to indicate the chart

that uses Porphyry's Cusps.Bhaum - A name for the planet

Mars.Bhratrukaraka - Significator of Brother which is Mars.Bhukti -

The Sub-period in a Dasha. Also known as the

Antara.Brihaspati - A name of the planet Jupiter.Brihaspati Varsha - The

Jovian or Jupiter Year. Cycle of 60 years which starts with

the first New Moon in Tropical Aries. Mundane Astrology

term.Budha - The planet Mercury.Budha-AdityaYoga -

Combination for learning.Buddhi - Intelligence. Chakra -

Circle, wheel, psychic centre in humans.Chandra - Name for the

Moon.Chandra Kundali - Chart where the Ascendant or lagna is the

sign of the natal moon.Chandra Lagna - Ascendant using the Natal lunar

position.Chandra Rashi - Natal Moon sign. Used in India much like we

use the Sun sign system in the West.Chara rashis - Moveable

signs.Chatushpadarashis - Quadrupetal signs.Chitra -

Fourteenth Nakshatra.

 

Dainya Yoga - Combination of planets (Yoga) which give rise

to poverty. Usually it is caused by the malefic

conjunctions of house lords with the lords of the 6th, 8th

or 12th houses.Dasha - Planetary period or system of directions.

Also means the actual Major planetary period

itself. There are many of these the most used being

Vimshottari or 120 year cycle system. Others are Ashtottari

(108), Chatursheetisama (84), Dwadashottari (112),

Dwisaptatisama (72), Panchottari (105), Shashtisama (60),

Shatatrimshatsama (36), Shodashottari (116),

Yogini (30). These are lunar based. Then there are Rashi

(sign) based systems: Chara, Sthira, Kala Chakra and

Kendradi Dashas etc.Dashiamsha - One of the Vargas or harmonic divisions

of a sign. This is the 10th division.Dhana Bhava -

Second house ruling over Wealth.DARES - A mnemonic device for

Yogas. Dhana Yogas or Wealth producers. Arishta Yogas or

Misery producers. Raja Yogas or Status producers.

Exchanges between signs and Special features.Dhanakaraka -

Significator for Wealth which is Jupiter.Dhanus - Sagittarius.Dhan

Yogas - The 2nd, 5th, 9th and 11th are Wealth

producing houses. Any inter-relation of their lords, by way

of position aspect or conjunction, will produce money. The

more strongly they are inter-related, the more

wealth is promised in the birth chart, which the native

will get eventually in the related major or

sub-periods.Dharma - Right livelihood. One of the four aims of

life according to Sanatana Dharma.Digbala - Directional

strength.Drekkana - A Varga. This is a subdivision of one third

or a sign. Also known as Dreshkana.Drishta Graha - Aspected

(Aspecting) Planet.Drishti - Aspect.Dusthana - An evil

position (6,8,12 Houses).Dwirdwadasa - 2nd and 12th house from each

other.Dwiswabhavarasis - Common Signs. Exchange - See

Parivartana.

 

Gajakeshari Yoga - Yoga in which the Moon is in an angular

position (Kendra) or 1,4,7,10 signs from Jupiter. Good Yoga

for Wealth and Power based on strength and other factors in

the chart.Ghati - Equivalent to 24 minutes or 1/60 of a

day.Gnanakaraka - Significator of knowledge which is Jupiter.Graha -

Planet.Gulika - One of the Upagrahas or satellite planets.Guru

- Jupiter also the word used for a Teacher.

 

Hora - A Varga. The Division of a sign into Solar

and Lunar or Division into halves. Used for determining

Wealth amongst other things.

 

Jaimini - Maharishi Jaimini a sage who wrote an

elucidation of sections of Maharishi Parashara's work. This

became the basis for another system of Astrology in

India.JalapatanaSaham - Sensitive point relating to going on a

voyage. One of many used in Varshaphal and

similar in idea to Arabic parts.Janma Rashi - Sign occupied by the Moon

at birth.Jataka - Nativity, literally means one who is born. Jeeva

- Jupiter. An asterismal sub-system of Vedic

Astrology which uses planetary rulerships and Dispositors. A

significator of livelihood.Jivatman - Also spelt Jeevatman. Is the soul

within the human sphere.Jyestha - Eighteenth

Nakshatra.Jyotisha - The study of Illuminated bodies. The study of

Astrology and Astronomy which were one science

in the past.Jyotishi - An Astrologer.

 

Kahala Yoga - Stubbornness (Ranjan says laziness). Lords of

4th and 9th houses should be in Kendras from each other

and the lord of Lagna should be strongly disposed.Kala -

Time.Kala Bala - Temporal strength of planets used in Shad

bala.Kala Purusha - Universal Prototypal Human. Spirit of

Time.Kala Sarpa Yoga - Planets on one side of the Nodal Axis of

Rahu-Ketu.Kalatrakaraka - Significator of marriage partner which is

Venus.Kama - Sexual urge. Desire. One of the four

aims according to Sanatana Dharma.Kanya -

Zodiacal sign Virgo.Karaka - Planetary Significator which remain the

same for all houses.Karma - Action or

activity.Karma Bhava - The 10th house of Careers and Work.Kataka -

The Zodiacal sign Cancer.Kemadruma - No planet flanking the Moon

sign. Traditionally a sign of great misery and

mental instability.Ketu - The south Lunar Node also known as

Cauda Draconis in Latin. The Dragon's tail in

English.Khala Yoga - The Yoga of a swindler or confidence

trickster.Klesha - Misery. Psychological pain related to 6th

house significations.Krishna paksha - Dark half of lunar

month.Kroor-grah - Malefic planet.Krura - The Sun, Ketu and

Mars.Kumbha - The Zodiacal sign of Aquarius.Kundali - The

Wheel or Horoscope Chart.Kuja - Mars.Kuja Dosha -

Affliction caused by Mars occupying the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th

or 12th houses. There are some more details and it is best

to learn more about this before delineating marital

Relationships.

 

Lagna - The Ascendant or 1st house.Lagnadhipati - Ascendant

lord.

 

Mada - Pride, egotism.Madhyayu - Medium span of life 32-75

years.Magha - Also known as Makka. Tenth Nakshatra.Mahapurush Yoga -

Combination for an extraordinary personality. Usually a

planet is in Exaltation and in a Kendra (Angular sign or

house).Makara - The Zodiacal sign Capricorn.Mandi - A

mathematical point that arises every day a certain number of

hours after sunset. Used in Electional Astrology or

Muhurtha.Mangal - Mars. Also Auspiciousness and well-being.Maraka -

The Lords of 2nd and 7th houses which are used to

determine the timing of death. The word means Killer and is

more significant in illness, longevity and in poorer

countries.Matru Bhava - The 4th house of Mother.Maya -

Unreality, illusion, prakriti.Meena - The Zodiacal sign

Pisces.Mithuna - Sexual union. The Zodiacal sign Gemini.MoolaTrikona

- Root trine. Specially favourable sign positions for

planets. Almost as good as Exaltation.Mrityu Bhava -

House of Death or the 8th.Mula - Also spelt Moola. The nineteenth

Nakshatra.

 

Nada - The Universal Sound. Vibration.Nadi -

Asterismal sub-division of a sign into 150 parts.Naisargika

bala - Natural strength and a part of Shad Bala or Six

strength calculation method of planetary weighting.Nakshatra

- A division of the Zodiac into 27 parts. There were

originally 28 parts but one seems to have been dropped. Each

Division is ruled by a planet and is further divided into

Padas or quarters. The Nakshatra contains 9 Navamshas

and forms the base position for lunar Dasha

systems.Nashta - Destroyed or missing birth data. A method of

calculating the Chart when one has missing

data.Neecha - Weak planet in the sign of debilitation.Neechabhanga -

Neechabhanga Raja Yoga. A combination whereby a

debilitated planet by virtue of its placement and

association of relevant planets can reverse and bestow great

wealth and power.Navamsha - A Varga. The Ninth

divisional harmonic. Used with the Rashi, Chandra and Bhava

charts to determine a basic delineation. Used for

reading the delineations of the Spouse.Navami - Ninth Tithi

of the Moon.Nirdhan Yoga - Combinations for poverty.Nishek -

Coital Chart.Nirayana - Sidereal or fixed Zodiac without precession.

 

Occha Bala - Exaltation strength part of Shad Bala.

 

Pada - A foot. A ray of light. A Quarter. A method

of dividing a Nakshatra used in Transits and Dasha

periods.Paksha bala - Strength based on the Lunar phases. Used in

Shad Bala calculations.Panaparas - Succedant houses. Houses

2, 5, 8 and 11.Panchami - Fifth lunar Tithi.Panchanga -

Fivefold method of forecasting. Also the name of a Vedic

Astrological Almanac. It is based upon Vara, Nakshatra,

Tithi, Karana and Yoga.Papakartari Yoga - Hemmed in between 2

malefics.ParadeshaSaham - Sensitive point related to foreign

travel.Paramatman - The soul within the Divine sphere.Parashara -

Maharishi Parashar(a). One of the Fathers of Vedic

Astrology. Author of the text which is the basis for the

most commonly used Astrological System in India.Parivartana

- Exchange of two signs.Peedita - Distress. Usually caused by

Combust position of planet.Phaladeepika - A classical

work on Astrology by Mantreswara.Pitru Karaka - Significator of Father

which is the Sun.Pitta - Biological Fire humour. Used in Ayurvedic

Medical Typology.Prashna - Horary Astrology. The

word means question or query.PrashtaraAshtakavarga -

Planetary spreadsheet of points used in transits and

predictions.Purnayu - Full lifespan taken as 75-120 years.Purnavasu -

Seventh Nakshatra.Pushya - Eighth Nakshatra.Putra Bhava -

House of children or the 5th.Puja - Hindu ritual sometimes done

to propitiate a planet.Prakriti - Great

Nature.Purusha - Great Witness.Purvashada - Twentieth

Nakshatra.Purva Bhadrapada - Twenty-fifth Nakshatra.Purva Phalguni -

Eleventh Nakshatra.Pushya - Eighth Nakshatra.Putra Karaka -

Significator of Offspring.

 

Rahu - North Lunar Node. Caput Draconis or Dragon's

head.Rajasika - Regal planets - Sun, Mars and Venus.Rashi -

Sign of the Zodiac.Ravi - A name for the Sun.Raja Yoga -

Combinations for Status and Power.Revati - Twenty-seventh

Nakshatra.Rohini - Fourth Nakshatra.

 

Sadesati - Saturn's transit of the lunar 12,1,2 houses.

It lasts about 7 1/2 years and is regarded as problematic

for the Native by some Jyotishi. If the Sarva Ashtakavarga

of the signs in 12th, 1st and 2nd from the Moon have more

than 30 points this relieves a lot of the

above malefic side-effects. One should also judge the whole

chart and see whether there is real malevolence to this

transit.Sahaja bhava - House of Siblings or 3rd.Sahams -

Special positions or points signifying important events in

life. They are somewhat similar to Arabic parts.Sattwika -

Pure Planets i.e. Waxing Moon, Jupiter and

Mercury.Sambhanda - Full relationship between planets.Sandhi -

The junctional point of two consecutive bhavas.Saptamsha -

A varga. The harmonic Seventh Division. Used for

delineations of Children and Grandchildren and one's

creative projections.Sapta varga - Seven Vargas a sequence of varga or

harmonic charts. Consists of Rashi, Hora, Drekkana,

Navamsha, Dwadashamsa, Trimshamsa and

Saptamsha.Satru Bhava - House of Enemies or 6th.Sayana - The

Tropical Zodiac with precession.Shad Bala - Six Strengths. A method of

determining planetary powers.Shad Vargas - The Six

Harmonic Charts: Rashi, Hora, Drekkana, Navamsha,

Dwadashamsa and Trimshamsa.Shani - The planet

Saturn.Shashtashtaka - 6th and 8th from each other.Shastyamsa - A

Varga. The 60th Harmonic Chart. Used in cases of delineation

of twins.Shatabhishak - Twenty-fourth Nakshatra.Shodashamsa - A

Varga. The 16th Harmonic Chart. Used for deeper delineation

of Fourth House matters.Shravana - Twenty-second Nakshatra.Shravishta

- Twenty-third Nakshatra.Shubh graha - Benefic planet.Shukra -

The planet Venus. The word means Semen or Sexual

Secretions.Siddhamsha - A Varga. The 24th Harmonic Chart. Also known

as Chaturvimshamsa. Used in delineating

Spiritual Gifts.Simha - The Zodiacal sign Leo.Soma -

The Moon.Spashta - Longitude of planet or house (bhava).Stambhana -

Stationary planet.Sthira rashis - Fixed Signs.Stri karaka -

Significator of wife or partner.Surya - A name for the

Sun.Swakshetra - Planet in its own sign.Swati - The

fifteenth Nakshatra. Can be spelt Svati.

 

Tajaka- A system of Solar Return Charts also known as

Varshaphal.Tamasika - Planets that are slothful - Waning Moon,

Saturn, Rahu, Ketu and Mercury.Tana Bhava - First house or

house of body.Thula - Zodiacal Sign of Libra.Trikona -

Trinal houses or 1,5,9.

 

Uchcha - Exalted Planet.Udu Dasha - Vimshottari

Dasha.Upachaya - Houses of earning (3,6,10,11).Upapada - The

sign which is as apart from the 12th lord as the latter is

from the 12th house.Uttarashada - Twenty-first Nakshatra.Uttara

Bhadrapada - Twenty-sixth Nakshatra.Uttara Phalguni - Twelfth Nakshatra.

 

Vahana karaka - Significator of vehicles which is Venus.Vakra -

Retrograde.Vara - Day.Varadhipati - Ruler of the

Day.Vargottama - Same sign in Navamsha as in Bhavi usually

increasing power for good or bad.Varsha - Year.Varshaphal -

Annual results. Method of Progression using Solar

Returns.Varga - Divisional or Harmonic Charts.Vedanta -

Vedic method of Self-Realization.Vedas - Ancient Indian Religious

Texts.Vighati - Equivalent to 24 seconds of clock time.Vimshamsa -

A Varga. The harmonic twentieth division. Used for

delineating Religious fervour and accrued spiritual

merit.Vimshopak - A method of calculating planetary strength

using the Vargas.Vimshottari - The most popular Dasha method in

use today.Vishaka - Sixteenth Nakshatra.Vrishika - The

Zodiacal Sign of Scorpio.Vrishabha - The Zodiacal Sign of Taurus.Vyaya

Bhava - House of Expenditure/Loss or 12th.

 

Yoga - First meaning is of the relationship between

the Sun and Moon in a Panchanga. The second is the

planetary combinations or influences which produce Benefic

and Malefic periods.Yogakaraka - Planet in both its Rashi and Navamsha

sign giving it Swakshetra-like strength. Also a

combination that produces a Yoga.Yuddha - Planetary War.Yugas -

World Ages.