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Re: Significance of 9?
In the article <4h8dip$kpv@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
of 2 Mar 1996 02:59:37 UTC,
p.i.shankar@twi.tudelft.nl (Prewien Shankar) wrote:
> . . . I was looking up the word constillation...it was not in my
> dictionary, and so I am not sure what it means..is it a
> type-error and should it be constellations ?
The word "constellation" refers to "a group of fixed stars." In
Jyotish, we use 27 Nakshatr(as), each being the 1/27th equal
segment of the sidereal zodiac. A Nakshatr is subdivided into
quarters called Pad(as) or Charan(s), yielding 108 parts of the
zodiac.
Jai Maharaj <jai@mantra.com> Jyotishi, Vedic Astrologer
%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:%:% *-=Om Shanti=-* %:%:%
