yajvan
02 February 2010, 09:21 PM
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
lagna or lagnam - is defined as attached to ; that is, the rising sign at the moment of birth is attached to the horizon, attached to the native;
from lag लग् - cling or attach one's self ; to meet , come in contact ; to take affect on + nam नम् to bow to , subject or submit , one's self.
We know lagna is also called the ascendant.
What is interesting to note is the lagna lord. This is called lagna + īśa; lagna we defined above + īśa is owner, lord, ruler. When this is combined we have lagna + īśa = lagneśa ( by the rules of saṃdhi¹). Some jyotiṣa's also use the terms lagneśvara , or lagapati, some laganpa. I prefer lagneśa myself.
Consider this comparison. The lagna informs us of one's physical attributes , the body. The lagneśa is more of the intelligence, or the application of the intellect applied. Lagna is body, lagneśa is the intellect applied.
Visti Larsen , a śiṣya of Sanjay Rath¹, uses the following analogy: the lagna can be compared to a body moving down a street. It ( the body) can see others, objects, groceries, people, animals, etc. It ( the body) is separate from them, without interaction. When this body engages with others, with the environment, the lagneśa is now engaged, the intellect engages and interacts.
Where this lagneśa resides in one's chart is important and revealing to know. This location is called the pāka lagna. This word pāka is revealing and directs us to the understanding of this location. Pāka is defined as maturity , full development , completion ; it also means ripening. It informs us where the individual ripens, where the expression of the individual is shown via the quality of the house that it resides in.
Hence one must look to the pāka lagna, the lagneśa and the lagna to better understand the individual being reflected in a birth chart.
Yet what is interesting about this lagneśa placement is the śakti that is taken from that house; this has eluded me for some time until just recently where I came across this information. I will share that in the next post.
praṇām
words
saṃdhi - containing a conjunction or transition from one to the other ; these are pāṇini's grammar rules.
Sanjay Rath is one of the modern day luminaries (IMHO) of jyotiṣ; His paramparā is that of śṛi acyuta dās.
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namasté
lagna or lagnam - is defined as attached to ; that is, the rising sign at the moment of birth is attached to the horizon, attached to the native;
from lag लग् - cling or attach one's self ; to meet , come in contact ; to take affect on + nam नम् to bow to , subject or submit , one's self.
We know lagna is also called the ascendant.
What is interesting to note is the lagna lord. This is called lagna + īśa; lagna we defined above + īśa is owner, lord, ruler. When this is combined we have lagna + īśa = lagneśa ( by the rules of saṃdhi¹). Some jyotiṣa's also use the terms lagneśvara , or lagapati, some laganpa. I prefer lagneśa myself.
Consider this comparison. The lagna informs us of one's physical attributes , the body. The lagneśa is more of the intelligence, or the application of the intellect applied. Lagna is body, lagneśa is the intellect applied.
Visti Larsen , a śiṣya of Sanjay Rath¹, uses the following analogy: the lagna can be compared to a body moving down a street. It ( the body) can see others, objects, groceries, people, animals, etc. It ( the body) is separate from them, without interaction. When this body engages with others, with the environment, the lagneśa is now engaged, the intellect engages and interacts.
Where this lagneśa resides in one's chart is important and revealing to know. This location is called the pāka lagna. This word pāka is revealing and directs us to the understanding of this location. Pāka is defined as maturity , full development , completion ; it also means ripening. It informs us where the individual ripens, where the expression of the individual is shown via the quality of the house that it resides in.
Hence one must look to the pāka lagna, the lagneśa and the lagna to better understand the individual being reflected in a birth chart.
Yet what is interesting about this lagneśa placement is the śakti that is taken from that house; this has eluded me for some time until just recently where I came across this information. I will share that in the next post.
praṇām
words
saṃdhi - containing a conjunction or transition from one to the other ; these are pāṇini's grammar rules.
Sanjay Rath is one of the modern day luminaries (IMHO) of jyotiṣ; His paramparā is that of śṛi acyuta dās.