PRIMARY SANSKRIT SHASTRA CORPUS (18 CANONICAL WORKS)Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra)
In the classical Sanskrit astronomical curriculum, Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra) was composed by Maharishi Parashara during the foundational classical horizon for the Hora (Natal and Divisional Horoscopy) division of sidereal Jyotish. Within jyotish_corpus_core_v3, Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra spans 1,769 verified passages, 1,754 chapter-tagged segments (99.15%), and 1,226 numbered shlokas.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra by Maharishi Parashara encompasses 97 to 100 Chapters across two Khandas in its preserved Sanskrit recension. Its doctrinal contribution to the sidereal horoscopic canon covers sixteen Shodashavarga degree divisions, six-fold Shadbala, forty-two Dasha systems led by Vimshottari, Ashtakavarga, Raja Yogas, and Chara Karakas.
PROVENANCE & EDITION AUDITIndexed Editions, Shingle Deduplication & Verse Precision of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
During the compilation of jyotish_corpus_core_v3, archival scans of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 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 Parashara Hora Shastra. Every verified passage of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 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_BPHSEnglish |
879 passages |
868 ch / 451 v |
Enforces the statutory fair-use ceiling of 50 words per quoted excerpt for this edition of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. |
archive_brihat-parashara-hora-sastra |
890 passages |
886 ch / 775 v |
Follows the archival public-domain ceiling of 110 words per quoted excerpt for this edition of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. |
DOCTRINAL SCOPE & TAXONOMIC COVERAGEMathematical & Horoscopic Doctrines Codified in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Within the eighteen-treatise concordance of Astrowikipedia, Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra fulfills a clear methodological function: serves the parashari tradition by establishing the mathematical definitions of all sixteen divisional charts and planetary strengths. Taxonomic indexing of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra links 1,168 passages to planetary Graha mechanics and 733 passages to Bhava house significations. Another 382 passages of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra cover divisional varga harmonics, while 825 passages address quantitative planetary strength.
| Taxonomic Pillar | Indexed Passages | Analytical Application |
|---|---|---|
| Planetary Grahas | 1,168 passages |
Codifies planetary longitudinal dignities, synodic aspects, and natural karaka rules across the chapters of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. |
| Horoscopic Bhavas | 733 passages |
Evaluates Kendra quadrants, Trikona trines, Upachaya growth houses, and Dusthana house results within Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. |
| Divisional Harmonics | 382 passages |
Synthesizes natal Rashi ( |
| Nakshatras & Sutras | 221 passages |
Records lunar mansion nakshatra rulings, sutra aphorisms, and electional or synastry kuta rules in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. |
VERBATIM CORPUS FOLIO & TEXTUAL EXEGESISVerified Folio Excerpt from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
This archival passage comes from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Source ID archive_brihat-parashara-hora-sastra, Chapter 1, Verse 1) in jyotish_corpus_core_v3. Every citation from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra preserves strict fair-use word ceilings while anchoring statements to verifiable Sanskrit chapter boundaries.
CORPUSPROVENANCE: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra | SourceID: archive_brihat-parashara-hora-sastra | Chapter 1, Verse 1 "76 Effects of the Elements 77 Effects of the Gunas 78 Lost Horoscopy 79 Ascetism Yogas 80 Female Horoscopy 81 Effects of Characteristic Features of Parts of Woman's body 82 Effects of Moles, Marks, Signs for Men and"
Cross-referencing Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra against parallel chapters in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Brihat Jataka, and Phaladeepika separates shared Parashari axioms from regional commentarial rules in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra.
SUTRA BLACK LABEL · INDIVIDUAL EPHEMERIS SYNTHESISQuery Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra Verses Against Individual Birth-Second Charts
This encyclopedia entry catalogs the structure and corpus metrics of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. To run live vector retrieval across all 1,769 indexed passages of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra matched to individual birth-second DE441
1,769 Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra PassagesDE441Ephemeris (0.001°)9-Family Shloka Matching16 Shodashavarga Charts
