yajvan
31 March 2011, 05:04 PM
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
If one enters the study of jyotish or gets a chart reading, one hears of a daśā period. A daśā period is a span of time in one's life.
The daśā system that a jyotiṣa may use informs him/her on how the world comes to the person in question or how this person will respond. In general , just these two things - how the universe comes to the native and how the native will ( may ) respond, digest, become affected by these conditions, is the basis for all different types of daśā systems.
Yet when one asks, or is told about what daśā they are in, it is implied they are talking about the viṁśottarī daśā system called out by mahāṛṣi (mahārishi) parāśar in his brihat-parāśara-horā-śāstra ( bphs abbreviation), chapter 48. This is one of 32 daśā systems , and there
are even more.
What is so interesting ( to me ) is we are told the viṁśottarī daśā period is 120 years in length. This is to be used for people in kali yug , and is considered the longest life span for this period or pūrṇa āyus ( full life). Hence because of this sync-up between the daśā system and the length of life in kali yug it is a good match for all to use.
So, when a jyotiṣa is asked ' what does vimśottari mean', they say 120 years.
This word may mean/indicate 120 years but it does not say ( by definition) 120 years. Yet people still call it viṁśottarī daśā.
If we called out 120 years we could say it two ways:
viṃśaṃ śata = 100 (śata) + 20 (viṃśa)
vimśottaraśata as it is called out in the bphs , chapter 48.14
vimśottaraśata = vimśa + uttara + śata
viṃśa = consisting of 20 parts
uttara = followed by
śata = 100
Now my question for those that wish to entertain this idea...
Why call this daśā system viṁśottarī ? viṁśottarī = viṁśa + uttarī
praṇām
~~~~~~
namasté
If one enters the study of jyotish or gets a chart reading, one hears of a daśā period. A daśā period is a span of time in one's life.
The daśā system that a jyotiṣa may use informs him/her on how the world comes to the person in question or how this person will respond. In general , just these two things - how the universe comes to the native and how the native will ( may ) respond, digest, become affected by these conditions, is the basis for all different types of daśā systems.
Yet when one asks, or is told about what daśā they are in, it is implied they are talking about the viṁśottarī daśā system called out by mahāṛṣi (mahārishi) parāśar in his brihat-parāśara-horā-śāstra ( bphs abbreviation), chapter 48. This is one of 32 daśā systems , and there
are even more.
What is so interesting ( to me ) is we are told the viṁśottarī daśā period is 120 years in length. This is to be used for people in kali yug , and is considered the longest life span for this period or pūrṇa āyus ( full life). Hence because of this sync-up between the daśā system and the length of life in kali yug it is a good match for all to use.
So, when a jyotiṣa is asked ' what does vimśottari mean', they say 120 years.
This word may mean/indicate 120 years but it does not say ( by definition) 120 years. Yet people still call it viṁśottarī daśā.
If we called out 120 years we could say it two ways:
viṃśaṃ śata = 100 (śata) + 20 (viṃśa)
vimśottaraśata as it is called out in the bphs , chapter 48.14
vimśottaraśata = vimśa + uttara + śata
viṃśa = consisting of 20 parts
uttara = followed by
śata = 100
Now my question for those that wish to entertain this idea...
Why call this daśā system viṁśottarī ? viṁśottarī = viṁśa + uttarī
praṇām