Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
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 middle drekkana, it comes from a disorder of all three humours. In the last, it comes from a fall from a vehicle or a mountain, or death in a forest.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
सिंहाद्ये विषाम्बुरोगेण मध्ये श्वसनाम्बुरोगेणान्त्ये यानपीडाविषशस्त्रेण मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Leo. Then death comes from poison or a water illness. In the middle…
कन्याद्ये वातमस्तकरोगेण मध्ये दुर्गाद्रिपातान्नृपकोपतोऽन्त्ये खरोष्ट्रशस्त्राम्बुपाततो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Virgo. Then death comes from a head illness caused by vata (the wind…