Vriddha Yavana Jataka · by Minaraja
Chapter 55 · The Signs in the Houses
पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
कर्केऽष्टमस्थे च जलोपसर्गात् कीटात्तथा चैव विभीषणाद्वा ।भवेद्विनाशः परहस्ततो वा विदेशसंस्थस्य नरस्य चैव ॥ ८८ ॥
Say Cancer is the 8th house. Then death may come from a danger in water, or from insects. It may come from a fearful thing, or from another's hand. This is so for a man who lives in a foreign land.
सिंहेऽष्टमस्थे च सरीसृपाच्च भवेद्विनाशो मनुजस्य सम्यक् ।
Say Leo is the 8th house. Then the man may surely die from a creeping animal. Or death may come from a snake or a wild beast, for one who lives in…
कन्या यदा चाष्टमगा विलग्नात्तदा स्ववित्तान्मनुजस्य विन्द्यात् ।
Say Virgo is the 8th house from the lagna (rising sign). Then know that death comes to the man through his own wealth. It may come from harm done by…
तुलाधरे चाष्टमगे च मृत्युर्भवेन्नराणां द्विपदोत्थ एव ।
Say Libra is the 8th house. Then men die at the hands of a two-footed being. Death may come at nightfall, from a fast kept at some place. Or it may…