PRIMARY SANSKRIT SHASTRA CORPUS (18 CANONICAL WORKS)Brihat Jataka (Bṛhajjātaka)
In the classical Sanskrit astronomical curriculum, Brihat Jataka (Bṛhajjātaka) was composed by Varahamihira of Ujjayini during the sixth century common era for the Hora (Metrical Natal Horoscopy) division of sidereal Jyotish. Within jyotish_corpus_core_v3, Brihat Jataka spans 1,806 verified passages, 1,771 chapter-tagged segments (98.06%), and 1,091 numbered shlokas.
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira of Ujjayini encompasses 28 Compact Chapters in ornate meters in its preserved Sanskrit recension. Its doctrinal contribution to the sidereal horoscopic canon covers Rashi and Graha definitions, conception horoscopy (Nisheka), Ayurdaya longevity mathematics, Ashtakavarga, vocation (Karmajiva), Nabhasa Yogas, and Drekkana typology.
PROVENANCE & EDITION AUDITIndexed Editions, Shingle Deduplication & Verse Precision of Brihat Jataka
During the compilation of jyotish_corpus_core_v3, archival scans of Brihat Jataka underwent optical character recognition cleaning and five-word shingle deduplication. Automated boundary parsers extracted explicit chapter and shloka numbers across all preserved manuscripts of Brihat Jataka. Every verified passage of Brihat Jataka is embedded into a 1,024-dimensional vector space using bge-m3 for exact chapter retrieval.
| Source Identifier | Verified Passages | Chapter Coverage | Citation Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
archive_BrihatJataka2ndEd.ByVSubrahmanyaSastri |
699 passages |
689 ch / 395 v |
Follows the archival public-domain ceiling of 110 words per quoted excerpt for this edition of Brihat Jataka. |
archive_brihatjatakaofvarahamihiraswamivijnananandamrml_202003_459_n |
1,107 passages |
1,082 ch / 696 v |
Follows the archival public-domain ceiling of 110 words per quoted excerpt for this edition of Brihat Jataka. |
DOCTRINAL SCOPE & TAXONOMIC COVERAGEMathematical & Horoscopic Doctrines Codified in Brihat Jataka
Within the eighteen-treatise concordance of Astrowikipedia, Brihat Jataka fulfills a clear methodological function: anchors classical ujjain horoscopy and remains the primary touchstone of natal interpretation across kerala and south india. Taxonomic indexing of Brihat Jataka links 1,294 passages to planetary Graha mechanics and 905 passages to Bhava house significations. Another 798 passages of Brihat Jataka cover divisional varga harmonics, while 645 passages address quantitative planetary strength.
| Taxonomic Pillar | Indexed Passages | Analytical Application |
|---|---|---|
| Planetary Grahas | 1,294 passages |
Codifies planetary longitudinal dignities, synodic aspects, and natural karaka rules across the chapters of Brihat Jataka. |
| Horoscopic Bhavas | 905 passages |
Evaluates Kendra quadrants, Trikona trines, Upachaya growth houses, and Dusthana house results within Brihat Jataka. |
| Divisional Harmonics | 798 passages |
Synthesizes natal Rashi ( |
| Nakshatras & Sutras | 113 passages |
Records lunar mansion nakshatra rulings, sutra aphorisms, and electional or synastry kuta rules in Brihat Jataka. |
VERBATIM CORPUS FOLIO & TEXTUAL EXEGESISVerified Folio Excerpt from Brihat Jataka
This archival passage comes from Brihat Jataka (Source ID archive_BrihatJataka2ndEd.ByVSubrahmanyaSastri, Chapter 1, Verse 1) in jyotish_corpus_core_v3. Every citation from Brihat Jataka preserves strict fair-use word ceilings while anchoring statements to verifiable Sanskrit chapter boundaries.
CORPUSPROVENANCE: Brihat Jataka | SourceID: archive_BrihatJataka2ndEd.ByVSubrahmanyaSastri | Chapter 1, Verse 1 "slokas Benediction by the author Merit of his work as compared with several other works in the field The etymology of the word Hora ( gxr ) explained Parts of the human body denoted by the zodiacal signs"
Cross-referencing Brihat Jataka against parallel chapters in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Brihat Jataka, and Phaladeepika separates shared Parashari axioms from regional commentarial rules in Brihat Jataka.
SUTRA BLACK LABEL · INDIVIDUAL EPHEMERIS SYNTHESISQuery Brihat Jataka Verses Against Individual Birth-Second Charts
This encyclopedia entry catalogs the structure and corpus metrics of Brihat Jataka. To run live vector retrieval across all 1,806 indexed passages of Brihat Jataka matched to individual birth-second DE441
1,806 Brihat Jataka PassagesDE441Ephemeris (0.001°)9-Family Shloka Matching16 Shodashavarga Charts
