Nakshatra
Purva Bhadrapada
पूर्वभाद्रपदा · Former auspicious feet
Vimshottari lord: Guru. A dasha is one planetary period in that scheme, a pada is a quarter of a nakshatra, and a navamsa is a ninth of a sign.
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Purva Bhadrapada starts at 20 degrees of Aquarius and ends at 3 degrees 20 minutes of Pisces. Its Vimshottari dasha lasts 16 years under Jupiter. Its quarters give, in order, the navamsas of Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer, a navamsa being one ninth of a sign. Its neighbor Uttara Bhadrapada comes next.
The mild part of the Brihat Jataka entry is short. The one item both editions share that is not a complaint is distinct speech, and the 1885 text adds skill in earning money, which the 1905 edition prints as a variant. This page leaves the rest out.
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- The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira, tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer (1885)
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- The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira, tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer, 2nd ed. (1905)
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