TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guenzi,Caterina
TI  - Words of destiny: practicing astrology in North India 
T2  - SUNY series in Hindu studies
SN  - 9781438482033
AV  - BF1714 .W673 2021
KW  - Hindu astrology
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - India
KW  - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
KW  - Predictive astrology
KW  - Astrologers
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
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