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Jātaka Pārijāta
Chapter 3 · viyonijanmādyadhyāyaḥ · वियोनिजन्माद्यध्यायः · Verse 77
Sanskrit · DevanāgarīJātaka Pārijāta manuscript tradition
कन्दृक्ष्रोत्रनसाकपोलहनवो वक्त्रं च होरादय\-
स्ते कण्ठांसकबाहुपाश्वहृदयक्रोडानि नाभिस्ततः ।
बस्तिः शिश्नगुदे ततश्च वृषणावूरू ततो जानुनी
जडाङ्घ्रीत्युन्जयत्र वाममुदितैर्द्रेक्काणभागैर्स्त्रधा
IAST Transliteration
kandṛkṣrotranasākapolahanavo vaktraṃ ca horādaya\- ste kaṇṭhāṃsakabāhupāśvahṛdayakroḍāni nābhistataḥ | bastiḥ śiśnagude tataśca vṛṣaṇāvūrū tato jānunī jaḍāṅghrītyunjayatra vāmamuditairdrekkāṇabhāgairstradhā
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English

The Lagna and other bhavas every one of which is divided into three parts (Drekkanas) represent the three divisions of the body as detailed below: The first decanates indicate the head, the eyes, the ears, the nostrils, the cheeks, the jaws and the mouth. The second drekkanas correspond to the neck, shoulders, the arms, the sides, the heart, the chest and the navel. The third drekkanas specify the pelvis, the organs of generation and the anus, the testicles, the thighs, the knees, the calves and the legs. Of the two sides of the body, the left is signified by the drekkanas risen already.

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