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Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 10 · Long Life and the Kind of Death: the 8th House
अष्टमविवेकः
पुष्पवन्तौ षष्ठाष्टमे वा गजतो मृत्युः ।
Say the Sun and the Moon are in the 6th or the 8th house. Then death comes from an elephant.
यो बलवान्निधनं पश्येत्तद्धातुकोपतो मृत्युः
Say a strong planet aspects the 8th house. Then death comes from a disorder of the body humour that planet rules.
उक्तयोगाभावेऽष्टमभावाधिष्ठितत्र्यंशेशस्योक्ताग्न्यंब्वादि स्वगुणहेतुतो मृत्युः ।
Say none of the above combinations is present. Then look at the lord of the drekkana (one-third part of a sign) in which the 8th house lies. Death…
निधनगद्रेष्काणतो वा मृत्युः ।
Or death comes from the drekkana (one-third part of a sign) in which the 8th house lies.