by Vaidyanatha Dikshita · 18 chapters
Comprehensive classical compilation of planetary combinations and longevity reckonings.
सदाशिवो जगत्कार्त्स्न्यं दृष्ट्वा स्वानन्दसुन्दरम्। वेदार्थं सर्वशास्त्राणां सारं ग्रन्थमिमं जगौ॥
Lord Sadaśiva, having beheld the entire universe as his own blissful form, proclaimed this treatise, the essence of the Vedas and all the śāstras, as the foundation of astrological knowledge.
मेषाजो विश्वकृयतुम्बुराख्या वृषाभगाताबुरुगोकुलानि । द्वन्द्वं नृयुग्मा जितुमं यमं च युगं तृतीयं मिथुनं वदन्ति ॥
Aries bears the names Mesha, Aja, Vishva, Kriya and Tumbura; Taurus its own synonym-set beginning with Vrishabha; the third sign they call Mithuna — also Dvandva, Nara-yugma and Yugma.
कुलीरकर्कटककर्कटाख्याः कण्ठीरवः सिंहमृगेन्द्राख्याः । पात्रा कन्या रमणी तरुण्यस्तौली वणिक्जूकतुलाः ॥
Cancer is named Kulira, Karkataka and Karkata; Leo Kanthirava, Simha and Mrigendra; Virgo Patra, Kanya, Ramani and Taruni; Libra Tauli, Vanik, Juka and Tula.