Principle / Ruledraft· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
An afflicted asterism harms its dependents
rul-nakshatra-rulership-mechanismPrāṇa relevance
Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhitaXV.30Classical✓ verifieddefinition of an afflicted asterism and its effect on dependents
Other attributes
- Rule Class
- prescription
- Statement
- A nakshatra is Upahata (afflicted) when tenanted by the Sun or Saturn, cut through or retrograded upon by Mars, eclipse-involved, meteor-struck, or crushed by the Moon. Its ruled persons and things are then harmed; otherwise they prosper.
- Tag
- CLASSICAL
- Parallel Note
- Structural parallel to rul-graha-rulership-mechanism (XVI.40–42) — the same latent-rulership/actualizing-condition logic, applied to the 27 asterisms.