Avastabdha
Avasta
standing, status, state, establishment
see also: BPHS Ch 45 Avasta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avastha_(Hindu_astrology)
BPL opines:
Ava-stabdha = status
= not a mechanical weighting calculus.
avaṣṭabdhā = qualitative GUIDELINES, not quantitative fixed weights.
ava-stabha = avasta
Vocabulary for अवष्टब्धा avaṣṭabdhā
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QUOTATION from Koeln Sanskrit Lexicon - www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de
ava-STabdha
- standing firm
- supported by
- resting on
- grasped, seized, arrested
- standing near
- (said of time) being near, approaching
ava-stabdha
- stiff (with cold &c.)
ava-STabhya
- to be seized or stopped
ava-STambh
- to lean or rest upon
- to bar, barricade
- to seize, arrest
ava-STambha
- leaning or resting upon
- having recourse to anything, applying
- self-confidence, resoluteness
- beginning
- obstruction, impediment
- post or pillar
- gold.
Example nativities with prominent avasta graha
[Kopā Avaṣṭabdhā] = angry (kopa) status (avastabdha)
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Traditionally, the 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
JAGRAT
- waking
SVAPNA
- sleep, sleeping; sleepiness, drowsiness
- sleeping too much, sloth, indolence
- dreaming, adream; to see a vision
SU-SUPTI
- deep sleep
Avaṣṭabdhā Awakening, dreaming, or Sleeping
Jagrat-avastabha
- Awakening
- swarashi 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 represented in shloka-7 assigns merit according to the hospitability of the rashi and the state of ashtangata-harana * asta * combustion
- in its exaltation sign, it is in Dipita-avasta * Deeptavastha
- in own sign Sva-avastha
- in rashi of mitra-graha Pramudita-avasta
- in friendly sign Zanta-avasta * Santa * Shanti
- in rashi of sama-graha Dina * Deena-avasta
- in the company of a malefic Vikala-avasta
- in rashi of satru-graha Khalata-avasta * Khalavasta
- and in being eclipsed by the Sun = combust = Kopa-avasta
QUOTATION from Koeln Sanskrit Lexicon - www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de
DIPITA
- set on fire, inflamed
- excited, illuminated
- manifested
SVA
- self, own
PRAMUDITA
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delighted, pleased, glad
- gladsome (said of the autumn)
- name of one of the 10 Bhumis
- gladness, gaiety
- name of one of the 8 Samkhya perfections
- pleased; delighted in heart
ZANTA
- 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
DINA
- daytime
- daily
VIKALA
- 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
KHALATA
- wickedness, villainy ; filthiness
KOPA
- 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
Rashi-based Avasta for Surya
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