Nakshatra
Shatabhisha
शतभिषा · Hundred healers
Vimshottari lord: Rahu. 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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Shatabhisha lies in Aquarius, from 6 degrees 40 minutes to 20 degrees. Its name comes from the Sanskrit for a hundred healers. Rahu holds its Vimshottari dasha of 18 years, and the navamsas, ninth parts of a sign, that fall in its quarters are Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
The entry in chapter XVI is mixed, and its mild items are truthfulness, victory over enemies and independent ways. Iyer's note says the Moon must be strong for any of it to come in full.
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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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