PRIMARY SANSKRIT SHASTRA CORPUS (18 CANONICAL WORKS)Shatpanchashika (Ṣaṭpañcāśikā)
In the classical Sanskrit astronomical curriculum, Shatpanchashika (Ṣaṭpañcāśikā) was composed by Prithuyashas (son of Varahamihira) during the sixth century common era for the Prashna (56 Classical Horary Stanzas) division of sidereal Jyotish. Within jyotish_corpus_core_v3, Shatpanchashika spans 78 verified passages, 66 chapter-tagged segments (84.62%), and 65 numbered shlokas.
Shatpanchashika by Prithuyashas (son of Varahamihira) encompasses 7 Compact Chapters (56 stanzas) in its preserved Sanskrit recension. Its doctrinal contribution to the sidereal horoscopic canon covers Hora, Guma, and Kendra-Trikona evaluation of the Prashna Lagna, movable-fixed-dual sign rules for lost objects, travelers (Pravasa), victory, and recovery from illness.
PROVENANCE & EDITION AUDITIndexed Editions, Shingle Deduplication & Verse Precision of Shatpanchashika
During the compilation of jyotish_corpus_core_v3, archival scans of Shatpanchashika underwent optical character recognition cleaning and five-word shingle deduplication. Automated boundary parsers extracted explicit chapter and shloka numbers across all preserved manuscripts of Shatpanchashika. Every verified passage of Shatpanchashika 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_ShatpanchashikaVSSastri |
78 passages |
66 ch / 65 v |
Follows the archival public-domain ceiling of 110 words per quoted excerpt for this edition of Shatpanchashika. |
DOCTRINAL SCOPE & TAXONOMIC COVERAGEMathematical & Horoscopic Doctrines Codified in Shatpanchashika
Within the eighteen-treatise concordance of Astrowikipedia, Shatpanchashika fulfills a clear methodological function: transmits the oldest and most revered fifty-six-stanza horary manual in classical sanskrit literature. Taxonomic indexing of Shatpanchashika links 47 passages to planetary Graha mechanics and 63 passages to Bhava house significations. Another 37 passages of Shatpanchashika cover divisional varga harmonics, while 36 passages address quantitative planetary strength.
| Taxonomic Pillar | Indexed Passages | Analytical Application |
|---|---|---|
| Planetary Grahas | 47 passages |
Codifies planetary longitudinal dignities, synodic aspects, and natural karaka rules across the chapters of Shatpanchashika. |
| Horoscopic Bhavas | 63 passages |
Evaluates Kendra quadrants, Trikona trines, Upachaya growth houses, and Dusthana house results within Shatpanchashika. |
| Divisional Harmonics | 37 passages |
Synthesizes natal Rashi ( |
| Nakshatras & Sutras | 3 passages |
Records lunar mansion nakshatra rulings, sutra aphorisms, and electional or synastry kuta rules in Shatpanchashika. |
VERBATIM CORPUS FOLIO & TEXTUAL EXEGESISVerified Folio Excerpt from Shatpanchashika
This archival passage comes from Shatpanchashika (Source ID archive_ShatpanchashikaVSSastri, Chapter 1, Verse 1) in jyotish_corpus_core_v3. Every citation from Shatpanchashika preserves strict fair-use word ceilings while anchoring statements to verifiable Sanskrit chapter boundaries.
CORPUSPROVENANCE: Shatpanchashika | SourceID: archive_ShatpanchashikaVSSastri | Chapter 1, Verse 1 ": Havng made obersance to the thiee deities Brahma, Siva and Vishnu the seven planets, the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, the God Ganesa and having also saluted bis own pieceptor and also Goddess"
Cross-referencing Shatpanchashika against parallel chapters in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Brihat Jataka, and Phaladeepika separates shared Parashari axioms from regional commentarial rules in Shatpanchashika.
SUTRA BLACK LABEL · INDIVIDUAL EPHEMERIS SYNTHESISQuery Shatpanchashika Verses Against Individual Birth-Second Charts
This encyclopedia entry catalogs the structure and corpus metrics of Shatpanchashika. To run live vector retrieval across all 78 indexed passages of Shatpanchashika matched to individual birth-second DE441
78 Shatpanchashika PassagesDE441Ephemeris (0.001°)9-Family Shloka Matching16 Shodashavarga Charts
