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“And gradually on the completion of the nine months added by a few days (Madirāvatī) gave birth to a son of extraordinary form to the supreme joy of the whole subjects, born for the first time, in an hour that had raised its mouth aloft, pleased as it were on seeing the suspiciousness of the zodiac, in a zodiac free from all calamities, observed by the auspicious planets brimming with curiosity as it were, stationed in very high solstices in their respective order and in a sacred Muhūta and on an extremely beneficent day associated by the best suited Tithis, Vāras and Karanas." TITHI, VĀRA, KARANA
Tithi-a lunar day (30th part of a whole lunation of rather more than 27 solar days; 15 Tithis, during the moon's increase, constitute the light half of the month and the other 15 the dark half; the auspicious Tithis are, Nandā, Bhadrā, Vijayā, Pārņā.
Var Brs ic. 2 Gobh Sāņkh. Gș Mn. etc. (Monier Williams)
Vāra-Turn of a day under the regency of a planet or a day of the week(they are-Aditya, Soma, Mangala, Budha, Guru, Sukra and Sani)?
Karana-a calculation (astronomical-one) an astrological division of the day (these Karaņas are eleven;-viz. vava, valava, kaulava, taitila, gara, vanija, vishti, sakumi, catushpada, kintughna and nāga-two being equal to a lunar day. The first seven are called-adhruvāni or movable; and fill, eight times repeated the space from the second half the first day in the moon's increase to the first half of the fourteenth day in its wanc; the four others are dhruvāni or fixed and occupy the four half days from the second half of the fourteenth day in the wane of the moon to the first half of the first day in its increase. Var. Brs. (Monier Williams)
The dance revelry following the birth of the son brought the king i.e. the father of the child and husband of the queen quite into a joyous mood. The circumstances under which he entered the 'Prasūtigrha' are reminiscent of the ‘Jātakarma' sacrament.
“The lord of the earth, too, with highest bliss experienced by him, determined the zodiac connected with the delivery of the queen along with the group of soothe sayers (Gaņakas) who had placed their eyes on the *Nādikā' or watch placed in the centre of the iron vat full of water and who
1. पूर्णेषु च क्रमेण किंचित्सातिरेकेषु नवसु मासेषु सारतिथिवारकरणाश्रितेऽतिश्रेयस्यहनि पुण्ये मुहूर्ते
यथास्वमुच्चस्थानस्थितेः कौतुकादिव शुभग्रहैरवलोकिते विशुद्धे लग्ने लग्नचारुतादर्शनजातपरितोषायामिवोर्ध्वमुख्या ERRI a ta aith fear TG-1-
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