Graha - Amsha - Bala

ava-stabdha = avasta

अव ava = away, down, from

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स्तब्ध stabdha = stable, steady, standing, stiff, stopped

Vocabulary for अवष्टब्धा avaṣṭabdhā

• QUOTATION from Koeln Sanskrit Lexicon - www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de

• standing firm
• supported by
• resting on
• grasped, seized, arrested
• standing near
• (said of time) being near, approaching

• stiff (with cold &c.)

अवष्टभ्य ava-ṣṭabh-ya [adj]

• to be seized or stopped

अवष्टम्भ ava-ṣṭambha [v]

• to lean or rest upon
• to bar, barricade
• to seize, arrest

अवष्टम्भ avaṣṭambha [n]

• leaning or resting upon
• having recourse to anything, applying
• self-confidence, resoluteness
• beginning
• obstruction, impediment
• post or pillar
• gold.

Rashi-based अवष्ट = Avasta for Surya

1. [Surya-Mesha] [uchcha] दीपित dīpita-avasta = fiery, illuminated

2. [Surya-Urisha] खलता khalatā -avasta = low-nature, base

3. [Surya-Mithuna] दिन dina-avasta = daylight, clarity

4. [Surya-Karkata] = प्रमुदित pramudita-avasta = delighted

5. [Surya-Simha] = स्व sva-avasta = own-rashi

6. [Surya-Kanya] दिन dina-avasta = daylight, clarity

7. [Surya-Vanika] [nīcha] खलता khalatā-avasta = low-nature, base

8. [Surya-Vṛścika] प्रमुदित pramudita-avasta = delighted

9. [Surya-Dhanus] -प्रमुदित pramudita-avasta = delighted

10. [Surya-Makara-Draco] खलता khalatā-avasta = low-nature, base

11. [Surya-Kumbha] खलता khalatā-avasta = low-nature, base

12. [Surya-Meena] प्रमुदित pramudita-avasta = delighted

Example nativities with prominent avasta graha

Kopā Avaṣṭabdhā = angry status

[Shani-Mesha] = [nīcha] yuti [Surya-Mesha-uchcha]

• POTUS-18 Civil War 1822-1885 Ulysses S. Grant + [nīcha-bhanga-Aśvini-Shani-yuti-Surya-Bharani-uchcha] + [nīcha-bhanga- Aśvini-Shani-yuti-Guru-Bharani] (7)

• POTUS-pair-45-47 fashion 1970- Melanija Knavs Trump + [nīcha-Kopā -Bharani-Shani-yuti-Surya-Aśvini--uchcha] + [nīcha-Kopā -Bharani-Shani-yuti-Budha-Kṛttikā] [7, marriage contract, bargains, deal-making, arrangements]

Traditionally, foundational avasta types are

• Bala-avasta = 0.25 results
• Kumara-avasta = 0.50 results
• Yuva-avasta = 1.00 results
• Vriddha-avasta = minimal results
• Mritya-avasta = 0.00 results

QUOTATION from Koeln Sanskrit Lexicon - www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de

KUMARA

• easily dying
• a child, boy, youth ; son
• a prince, heir-apparent associated in the kingdom with the reigning monarch
• a groom
• name of Skanda or Karittikeya, represented as a beautiful youth
• one of the nine names of Agni
• the tree Capparis trifoliata
• a young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter
• any virgin up to the age of sixteen or before menstruation has commenced
• of the goddess Durga
• of a metre (a kind of Sakvari, consisting of four lines of sixteen syllables each)
• the plant Aloe perfoliata
• the plant Clitoria ternatea
• the plant Jasminum Sambac
• the blossom of the plants
• great cardamoms
• the most southerly of the nine portions of the known continent or of Jambu-dvipa (the southern extremity of the peninsula, whence the modern name Cape Comorin [Kumari])
• the central part of the universe (according to Hindu geography, Jambu-dvipa or India)
• when a name is given to a pupil to indicate his attachment to any particular master, kumArI may be prefixed to denote that the pupil's object is to gain the affections of the master's daughter
• pure gold

QUOTATION from Koeln Sanskrit Lexicon - www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de

जाग्रत् jagrat

• waking, awake, watchful

स्वप्न svapna

• dream-state
• sleep, sleeping; sleepiness, drowsiness
• sleeping too much, sloth, indolence
• dreaming, a dream; to see a vision

त्सुषुप्ति su-supti

• deep sleep

जाग्रत्सुषुप्ति = Jagrat Su-Supti

• mentally aware while bodily sleeping

Avaṣṭabdhā STATUS = Awakening, Dreaming, or Sleeping

Jagrat-avastabha

• Awakening
• svarashi or [uchcha] amsha
• RESULTS are declared FULL

Svapna-avastabha

• Dreaming
• rashi of mitra-graha or rashi of sama-graha
• RESULTS are declared MEDIUM

Sushupti-avastabha

• Sleeping
• rashi of satru-graha or [nīcha] amsha
• RESULTS are declared EMPTY

The category of Avasta, as represented in shloka-7, assigns merit according to

• the hospitability of the rashi
• the state of ashtangata-harana ["asta"] = getting burned due to being too close to the Sun = combustion

• in its exaltation sign = दीपित dīpita-avasta = deeptavastha
• in own sign = स्व sva-avasta
• in rashi of mitra-graha = प्रमुदित pramudita-avasta
• in friendly sign = शान्त śānta-avasta
• in rashi of sama-graha = दिन dina-avasta
• in the company of a papagraha = विकल vikala-avasta
• in rashi of satru-graha = खलता khalatā-avasta= khalavasta
• and in being eclipsed by the Sun = combust = कोप kopa-avasta

QUOTATION from Koeln Sanskrit Lexicon - www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de

दीपित dīpita

• set on fire, inflamed
• excited, illuminated
• manifested

स्व sva = self

• self, own

प्रमुदित pramudita = nice mood

• delighted, pleased, glad

• gladsome (said of the autumn)
• name of one of the 10 Bhumi
• gladness, gaiety
• name of one of the 8 Samkhya perfections
• pleased; delighted in heart

शान्त śānta = calm, quiet, Shanti

• appeased, pacified, tranquil, calm, free from passions, undisturbed
• gentle, mild, friendly, kind, auspicious
• abated, subsided, ceased, stopped, extinguished, averted
• rendered ineffective, innoxious, harmless (said of weapons)
• come to an end,
• gone to rest, deceased, departed, dead, died out
• purified, cleansed
• an ascetic whose passions are subdued
• tranquility, contentment, peace of mind
• a partic. drug

दिन dina = day, clarity

• daytime
• daily

विकल vi-kala = deficient

• deprived of a part or a limb or a member, mutilated, maimed, crippled, impaired, imperfect
• deficient in or destitute of
• confused, agitated, exhausted, unwell, depressed, sorrowful
• a woman in whom menstruation has begun
• a partic. stage in the revolution of the planet Mercury
• deficiency, infirmity, imperfection
• one who has a mutilated or withered hand, acripple
• having mutilated or imperfect limbs, deformed, crippled, lamed
• having impaired or defective organs of sense

खलता khalatā = vile, low, base, dirt

• wickedness, villainy ; filthiness

कोप kopa = anger, agitation

• morbid irritation or disorder of the humors of the body
• fury (of fire, arms, war)
• passion, wrath, anger, rage
• enraged; angrily
• the state of being in contradiction with; incompatibleness with

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