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Jātaka Pārijāta
Chapter 1 · rāśiśilādhyāyaḥ · राशिशिलाध्यायः · Verse 22
Sanskrit · DevanāgarīJātaka Pārijāta manuscript tradition
मृगान्नश्चापघरश्च पङ्गू सन्धिद्वये नाशकरौ भवेताम् ।
स्यादृक्षसन्धिः कटकालिमीनभान्तं प्रगण्ढान्तमिति प्रसिद्धम्
IAST Transliteration
mṛgānnaścāpagharaśca paṅgū sandhidvaye nāśakarau bhavetām | syādṛkṣasandhiḥ kaṭakālimīnabhāntaṃ pragaṇḍhāntamiti prasiddham
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English

The deer-faced and the bow-bearing signs, i.e., Makara and Dhanus, which are lame, become fatal in the two periods of twilight. The concluding portion of the signs Kataka, Vrischika and Meena is called Riksha-Sandhi and is well known as Pragandwtha, i.e., the end of the elbow — a vulnerable and critical period.

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