Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
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 a thorn. In the middle drekkana, it comes from poison or diarrhoea. In the last, it comes from fainting, dizziness, a spleen trouble, a lump in the belly and the like.
Classical view, not medical advice.
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…
तुलाद्ये पतनात् स्त्रीतः पशुतो मध्ये जठररोगेणान्त्ये व्यालजलान्मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Libra. Then death comes from a fall, from a woman, or from an animal. In…