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Words of destiny practicing astrology in North India / Caterina Guenzi.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781438482033
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BF1714 .W673 2021
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Contents:
Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Approaching Astrology: Standpoints -- Astrology in South Asia: The Current State of Research -- Astrology in Banaras: In the Field -- Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Terminology -- Part I Institutions -- Chapter 1 The Many Branches of a Tree: Jyotiṣa as a Scholarly Tradition -- An Auxiliary Discipline -- Cosmological Associations -- Division into Branches -- The Unity of the Discipline -- Local Knowledge -- Chapter 2 Professors and Prophecies: Astrology at Universities in Banaras -- Debating "Useful Knowledge"
Departments at Work -- Research and Rewriting -- Chapter 3 Sacred Specialists, Modern Professionals: Astrologers between the Temple and the Office -- A Syncretic Professional Identity -- Pandits and Doctors -- Temple, Home, and Office -- Plates -- Part II Readings -- Chapter 4 Horoscopes and Truth: Divinatory Techniques and Their Applications -- The Horoscope -- The Question -- Auspicious Times -- The Hand, the Body -- Truth of the Horoscope, Reality of Facts -- Chapter 5 Karma and Bhāgya: The Idea of Destiny in Astrological Consultations
The Allotted Share: The Semantics of Bhāgya -- Finding Out the "Lot" -- Destiny's Fluctuations: Daśās (Periods) and Yogs (Planetary Conjunctions) -- Human Mistakes, Cosmic Flaws -- Chapter 6 Shared Destinies: Kinship Connections in Horoscope Reading -- Brothers and Sisters -- Parents and Children -- Husband and Wife -- Saṃbandhit Jyotiṣ, "Connected Astrology" -- Part III Treatments -- Chapter 7 Astrology and Possession: Planetary Influence and Middle-Class Afflictions -- Idioms of Suffering
Sāṛhe Sātī and Saturnian Business -- Of Snakes and Demons: The Kāl Sarp Doṣ -- Chapter 8 More or Less Effective: Remedies and Efficacy -- Price and Efficacy -- Gods and Planets -- Tantric Remedies and the Astrologer's Siddhi -- "Vedic" and "Tantric" Methods -- The Power of Stones: Rays and Radiations -- Conclusion -- The Future of Astrologers -- Annex: Bachelor's and Master's Syllabi in Jyotiṣa at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) -- Bachelor's (Śāstrī Parīkṣa) in Jyotiṣa -- Teaching Program (Pāṭhyakrama) -- First Year (Prathamavarṣa)
Master's (Ācārya Parīkṣa) in Jyotiṣa -- Teaching Program (Pāṭhyakrama) -- First Year (Prathamavarṣa) -- Second Year (Dvitīyavarṣa) -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Approaching Astrology: Standpoints -- Astrology in South Asia: The Current State of Research -- Astrology in Banaras: In the Field -- Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Terminology -- Part I Institutions -- Chapter 1 The Many Branches of a Tree: Jyotiṣa as a Scholarly Tradition -- An Auxiliary Discipline -- Cosmological Associations -- Division into Branches -- The Unity of the Discipline -- Local Knowledge -- Chapter 2 Professors and Prophecies: Astrology at Universities in Banaras -- Debating "Useful Knowledge"

Astrology as a Vedic Science -- Departments at Work -- Research and Rewriting -- Chapter 3 Sacred Specialists, Modern Professionals: Astrologers between the Temple and the Office -- A Syncretic Professional Identity -- Pandits and Doctors -- Temple, Home, and Office -- Plates -- Part II Readings -- Chapter 4 Horoscopes and Truth: Divinatory Techniques and Their Applications -- The Horoscope -- The Question -- Auspicious Times -- The Hand, the Body -- Truth of the Horoscope, Reality of Facts -- Chapter 5 Karma and Bhāgya: The Idea of Destiny in Astrological Consultations

Astrology and the Theory of Karma: Antagonism and Complementarity -- The Allotted Share: The Semantics of Bhāgya -- Finding Out the "Lot" -- Destiny's Fluctuations: Daśās (Periods) and Yogs (Planetary Conjunctions) -- Human Mistakes, Cosmic Flaws -- Chapter 6 Shared Destinies: Kinship Connections in Horoscope Reading -- Brothers and Sisters -- Parents and Children -- Husband and Wife -- Saṃbandhit Jyotiṣ, "Connected Astrology" -- Part III Treatments -- Chapter 7 Astrology and Possession: Planetary Influence and Middle-Class Afflictions -- Idioms of Suffering

Quarrels and Marriage: Mars and the Maṅgal Doṣ -- Sāṛhe Sātī and Saturnian Business -- Of Snakes and Demons: The Kāl Sarp Doṣ -- Chapter 8 More or Less Effective: Remedies and Efficacy -- Price and Efficacy -- Gods and Planets -- Tantric Remedies and the Astrologer's Siddhi -- "Vedic" and "Tantric" Methods -- The Power of Stones: Rays and Radiations -- Conclusion -- The Future of Astrologers -- Annex: Bachelor's and Master's Syllabi in Jyotiṣa at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) -- Bachelor's (Śāstrī Parīkṣa) in Jyotiṣa -- Teaching Program (Pāṭhyakrama) -- First Year (Prathamavarṣa)

Second Year (Dvitīyavarṣa) -- Master's (Ācārya Parīkṣa) in Jyotiṣa -- Teaching Program (Pāṭhyakrama) -- First Year (Prathamavarṣa) -- Second Year (Dvitīyavarṣa) -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Includes bibliographies and index.

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