Anabha, Sunabha, Dhurudhara, Kemadruma

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Dear All, I am posting a simple article based on some Lunar Yogas below - enjoy! Love and regards,Sreenadh====================================Anabha, Sunabha, Dhurudhara, Kemadruma

- Written by Sreenadh OG

For lunar yogas with names Anabha, Sunabha, Dhurudhara & Kemadruma are very popular. Many believe that these words are of Greek origin. They provide the following info to support their argument. (E.g.: http://www.robhand.com/histintr.htm )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sanskrit

 

Greek

 

English

 

 

Sunapha

 

Sunaphe

 

Applying

 

 

Anaphara

 

Pnaphara (Anaphein)

 

Separating

 

 

Daurudhara

 

Doruphoria

 

Doryphory

 

 

Kemadruma

 

Kenodromia

 

Void of C (Void of Course Moon)

 

This argument based on simple word similarity is simply wrong due to the following facts â€"

 

The Sanskrit names of these Yogas are NOT Sunapha, Anaphara, Daurudhara, but Sunabha, Anabha & Dhurudhara.

The Greeks borrowed these words from Yavanas (Ionians) of the by gone past; Ionians who co-existed and communicated with Crete and Harappan people during 3rd and 2nd millennium BC. (Greek has only a recent history from BC 800 onwards). Even Vedas (3rd millennium BC), Panini and Parasara of BC 1400 mention Yavanacharya.

These words are used only by Sphujidhvaja and Meenaraja of AD 250, but also by the BC 1100 sages of the ancient past such as Sage Garga, and also by the first authentic text of Indian astrology ‘Skanda Hora’, the content of which could date back to BC 1500 or more.

The Greeks to whom these words are attributed DOES NOT HAVE clear root meaning to provide for these words! They are unable to explain how these words originated and how and why they got the current astrological meaning they have!

If you are not satisfied with the above info, simply go through the Sanskrit meaning of these words and understand why these words are fundamentally words of Sanskrit/Indian origin.

1) Anabha

‘Bham’ is a popular Sanskrit word, which means ‘Nakshtra’ or ‘Sign’. ‘Bham’ is a pure Sanksrit word and usually when get translated to Greek, becomes ‘phara’ (note this point for later use). ‘Anabha’ means ‘Preceding sign’. Thus ‘Anabha Yoga’ means ‘Preceding sign from the Moon sign should be occupied with planets’. This yoga was named so due to the fact that ‘Anabha’ means ‘Preceding Sign’.

2) Sunabha

Here also the meaning is pretty clear. ‘Bham’ means sign and ‘Sunabha’ means the ‘Succeeding sign’. Thus ‘Sunabha Yoga’ means that the ‘Succeeding sign from Moon sign should be occupied with planets’. This yoga was named so due to the fact that ‘Sunabha’ means ‘Succeeding Sign’.

3) Durudhara

‘Dhuru’ means Yoke or Balance and ‘Dhara’ means ‘weight’. Durudhara means ‘Balaced weight (on both sides)’ like in a balance where weight is placed on both sides. In Dhurudhara yoga, planets are present on both sides of Moon and thus the name.

4) Kemadruma (Hema-druma)

Can anyone tell me why this yoga is named so? I bet â€" you won’t. But for sure, you all know that ‘Druma’ is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘Tree’. The ancient Sanskrit name for this yoga is ‘Hema druma’ referrign to a useless tree providing green apple like poisonous fruit.(In malayalam it is called Ummattin Kai. I don’t know the English name for this tree)

If both sides of Moon is void of planets it is ‘Hema druma Yoga’ - Means this combination makes the horoscope almost useless. It makes the native devoid of maternal property and good mental qualities making him poor. That is why the result ‘poverty’ is attributed to this yoga. The word ‘Hemadruma’ also means ‘Trouble giving tree’ like a thorny tree or an itching tree that may cause trouble and damage to others. A native with strong ‘Hemadruma yoga’ is like a troublesome useless plant.

Please note the absurdity in translating the word ‘Anabha’ (Preceding Sign) as ‘Applying’ and Sunabha (Succeeding Sign) as ‘Separating’ (refer to the table given in the beginning) by the western scholars! They neither know the root of the word not the meaning! In western astrology ‘applying aspect’ means the aspect caused by a planet ‘Nearing’ some other planet and ‘separating aspect’ means the aspect caused by a planet ‘Going away’ from some other planet. You should note that a ‘retrograde planet in 12H from Moon’ (making a Anabha Yoga) is producing ‘Separating aspect’ (and not Applying aspect) and a ‘retrograde planet in 2H from Moon’ (making a Sunabha Yoga) is producing ‘Applying aspect’ as opposed to the translation suggested by the westerners.

Blind guids the blind based on simple word similarity and without considering the history (of cultures and words) and meaning of words! What is all these? A simple article arguing in favor of Greeks appear everywhere in numerous sites â€" whether it contains some real valuable contents or not â€" and gains public support, usually of if it is in favor of the popular and wrong Greek favoritistic argument! All seems to be part of an absurd drama and lack of original thinking!

Is it not time to look back and rethink? Let us be more sincere, logical and systematic in our approach to safeguard against the baseless arguments.

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