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A Note on the Indian Planetary Exaltations and their Greek-Language Sources

Gansten, Martin LU (2020) In History of Science in South Asia 8. p.77-82
Abstract
A close examination of the lists of planetary exaltations given by two of the earliest known Sanskrit authors on horoscopic astrology – Mīnarāja and Sphujidhvaja – solves the confusion surrounding Mīnarāja’s idiosyncratic assignment of degrees and suggests that both authors, and indeed all later Indian astrological literature, depended for this doctrine on a single, Greek-language source.
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Mīnarāja, Sphujidhvaja, Vṛddhayavanajātaka, Yavanajātaka, exaltations, horoscopic astrology
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History of Science in South Asia
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8
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77 - 82
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2369-775X
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10.18732/hssa66
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English
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