Parasara's Dreshkana Definition!

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Dear Narasimha,

Thank you very much indeed for this clear and very detailed analysis

of the drekkana definitions. I now understand the verses of

Parashara much better, and there possible ramifications.

I you have time, would you mind telling us if just possibly (as a

hypothesis), in an astrological context, "parivritti trayam" as used

here could mean not only "cycling three times" or "there is a

repetition by three times", but something like "there is a movement

in cycles of three", possibly with a reversal of direction in

successive odd and even signs.

I know, for example, that in yoga asana, "parivritti" means a twist

posture, first in one direction, then in the other. Also, T.K.V.

Desikachar (son of Krishanmacharya of Chennai) says in an interview

that in yoga practice we are sometimes led to change direction in

our lives: "This sense of reorientation is communicated in the

Sanskrit term "parivritti"... seeing a bit ahead and redirection is

what is meant by the concept of "parivritti"."

Also, the Western words derived from the Sanskrit root "pari-"

sometimes mean "round in the same direction" (eg. periphery),

sometimes "turning in a new direction" (eg. peripetia: a sudden

change of direction of fortune, as in Greek tragedy). And in Vedic

astrology itself, while we have "paridhi" (circumference)

and "parikrama" (revolution), we also have "parivarthana" (exchange

of places).

So what I am really asking is: could "parivritti", as well as

referring to a movement round and round (like the hands of a clock),

also possibly include a movement turning back and forth (like the

thread on a weaver's loom).

Many, many thanks if you have time to reply!

Very best wishes

Graham Fox