Text / Sourcestubschool: jyotisha· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Brihat Jataka (Varahamihira's hora work)
Bṛhajjātaka
txt-brihat-jatakaDefinition
Varahamihira's own treatise on Hora (natal astrology), cross-referenced throughout BS Samhita. THE deferred source for the constitutive graha attributes (element, dosha, natural significations, weekday-lordship) that the Samhita does not state.
Classical
Prāṇa relevance
Holds the graha→element/dosha links that the prana axis needs (graha → element → dosha → body); to be extracted in Phase 2. Not in the Samhita.
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhitaI.10; XVI (Bhat's notes citing Brhajjataka II/V)Classical✓ verifiedVM's hora work, repeatedly cross-referenced; carries planet significations
Other attributes
- Text Class
- mula
- Approx Date
- 6th c. CE (Varahamihira)
- Attribution
- Varahamihira