Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
मेषाद्यत्र्यंशे प्लीहजो वा विषजो वा पित्तजो मध्ये जलजोऽन्त्ये कूपादिपाततो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Aries. Then death comes from a spleen trouble, poison or a bile trouble. If in the middle drekkana, death comes from water. If in the last, death comes from a fall into a well or the like.
Classical view, not medical advice.
वृषादित्र्यंशे खराश्वादितो मध्ये पित्ताग्निचोरतोऽन्त्ये उच्चस्थलाश्वादितो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Taurus. Then death comes from a donkey, horse or the like. In the middle…
युग्माद्ये वातश्वासतो मध्ये त्रिदोषादन्त्ये यानपर्वतपाततो वारण्ये मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Gemini. Then death comes from wind trouble and breathing trouble. In the…
कर्काद्येऽपेयपानात्कण्टकाद्वा मध्ये विषानिसारतोऽन्त्ये मोहभ्रमप्लीहगुल्मादितो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Cancer. Then death comes from drinking what should not be drunk, or from…