Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
अल्याद्ये विषशस्त्रतो मध्ये भारश्रमाद्वा कटिबस्तिरोगतोऽन्त्ये लोष्टकाष्ठपाषाणतो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Scorpio. Then death comes from poison or a weapon. In the middle drekkana, it comes from a heavy load and tiredness, or from a waist and bladder illness. In the last, it comes from a clod, wood or stone.
Classical view, not medical advice.
चापाद्ये वातगुदामयान्मध्ये विषबाणाभ्यामन्त्ये जल जलचार्युदरामयान्मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Sagittarius. Then death comes from a vata (the wind humour) illness or a…
मृगाद्ये सिंहवराहवृश्चिकतो मध्ये भुजङ्गतोऽन्त्ये चौराग्निशस्त्रज्वरतो मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Capricorn. Then death comes from a lion, a boar or a scorpion. In the…
कुम्भाद्ये स्त्र्यङ्गजोदरव्याधितो मध्ये गुह्यरोगादन्त्ये विषान्मृत्युः ।
Say the 8th house falls in the first drekkana (one-third part of a sign) of Aquarius. Then death comes from a belly illness that comes from a woman…