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Jataka Alankara · by Ganesha Daivajna
Chapter 1 · Technical Terms
संज्ञाध्यायः
देहंद्रव्यपराक्रमौसुखसुतौशत्रुःकलत्रंमृतिर्भाग्यंराज्यपदंक्रमेणगदितालाभव्ययौलग्नतः ॥भावाद्वादशतत्रसौख्यशरणंदेहंमतंदेहिनांतस्मादेवशुभाशुभाख्यफलजःकार्योबुधैर्निर्णयः ॥ ५ ॥
Count the houses in order from the rising sign. The twelve houses are: body, wealth, courage, happiness, children, enemies, wife, death, fortune, kingship, gain and loss. Of these, the body is held to be the shelter of happiness for living beings. So the wise should judge good and bad results from it.
Simple meaning: The twelve houses are body, wealth, courage, happiness, children, enemies, wife, death, fortune, kingship, gain and loss.
लग्नंमूर्तिस्तथांगंतनुरुदयवपुःकल्पमाद्यंततःस्वंकोशार्थाख्यंकुटुंबंधनमथसहजंभ्रातृदुश्चिक्यसंज्ञम् ॥
Each house has many names. The 1st is tanu, the 2nd dhana, the 4th bandhu, the 5th buddhi.
वाक्स्थानंपंचमंस्यात्तनुजमथरिपुद्वेषवैरिक्षताख्यंषष्ठंजामित्रमस्तंस्मरमदनमदद्यूनकामाभिधानम् ॥
More names: the 5th is the place of speech, the 6th ripu, the 7th kama, the 8th mrityu.
ताताज्ञामानकर्मास्पदगगननभोव्योममेषूरणाख्यंमध्यंव्यापारमूचुर्दशममथभवंचागमंप्राप्तिमायम् ॥
The 10th, 11th and 12th houses each have several names. Words of the same meaning are names too.