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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 7 · Finding the Dashas
दशानयनाधिकाराध्यायः
एवंजीर्णताजिकशास्त्रमूलभूतं हीनांशक्रमेण दशानयनं श्रीमन्नीलकण्ठदैवज्ञैर्नवीनमतताजिककर्तृभिश्चोक्तम्॥
So the order of periods by least degrees has its root in the old Tajika science. The revered astrologer Nilakantha taught it. The authors of the new Tajika school taught it too.
Simple meaning: Least-degree order: it rests on the old Tajika texts. Nilakantha and the newer writers teach it too.
एतत्स्पष्टं मुक्तावल्याम्॥
Counting signs is wrong: some count the periods by least signs. They ignore the old rule that the signs are dropped.
इत्यलमतिप्रसगेन ॥
End of the argument: no more needs to be said.
अन्येषामपि मतान्याहुरभियुक्तास्तु ज्योतिर्विंदः॥
Other views on the order: some count least signs, some add the zodiac shift, and some use degrees alone.