Ayanāṃśa
Ayanamsa(ayanāṃśa:fromSanskritayana'movement', andaṃśa'component'), alsoayanabhāga(fromSanskritbhāga'portion'), is theSanskritterm for many systems used inHindu astrologyto account for theprecession of equinoxes.[1][verification needed]There are also systems of ayanamsa used inWestern sidereal astrology,such as the Fagan/Bradley Ayanamsa.[2]
Overview
[edit]There are various systems of Ayanamsa that are in use in Hindu astrology (also known asVedicastrology) such as theRaman Ayanamsa[3]and the Krishnamurthy Ayanamsa,[1]but the Lahiri Ayanamsa, named after itsinventor,astronomerN.C. Lahiri, is by far the most prevalent system in India.[2][4]Critics of Lahiri Ayanamsa have proposed an ayanamsa called True Chitra Paksha Ayanamsa.[2][4]There are other existing ayanamsa such as Raman, Pushya Paksha, Rohini, Kërr A.I, Usha Shashi and Chandra Hari.
The use of ayanamsa to account for the precession of equinoxes is believed to have been defined inVedic texts[which?]at least 2,500 years before theGreekastronomerHipparchusquantified the precession of equinoxes in 127 B.C.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abBarbara Pijan,https://barbarapijan.com/bpa/Amsha/Ayanamsha.htm
- ^abc"Ayanamshas in Sidereal Astrology".www.astro.com.Retrieved5 December2019.
- ^"Saravali: Ayanamsa".www.saravali.de.Retrieved5 December2019.
- ^abMihira, Varaha (4 February 2016)."Which Ayanamsa did Sri Varahamihira use?".Medium.Retrieved31 March2020.
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