Re: 108
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Originally Posted by
markandeya 108 dasa
Each of the 12 houses or signs have 9 navamsas and this means 12 x 9 = 108. In other words, the 12 signs or houses, show the deha, the gross body, and the navamsas show the sukshma deha, or the subtle body, that is closer to the sidha deha, the perfect body. "
Yes, this is one view ( of which I concur) - yet there is one more to consider. Note the 12 signs / houses are owned by the sun. So offering 12 x 9 is fine.
Yet when it comes to the moon we consider the nakṣatra-s. There are 27 of them. Each nakṣatra is made up of 4 pada-s. We then have 27 x 9 = 108. Each nakṣatra and pada is rich in definition and in their indications.
There are several posts in the jyotish folder that takes up this conversation. And within these 27 the nakṣatra-s , there are 3 groups of 9 ( as each is owned by a graha), we then have 3 x 9 = 27 x 4 = 108.
iti śivaṁ
1. nakṣatra's - an asterism or constellation through which the moon passes some call lunar mansion ; 27 , later 28 , i.e. śraviṣṭhā or dhaniṣṭhā , śata-bhiṣaj , pūrva-bhadrapadā , uttara-bhadrapadā , revatī , aśvinī , bharaṇī , kṛttikā , rohiṇī or brāhmī , mṛga-śiras or āgrahāyaṇī , ārdrā , punarvasū or yāmakau , puṣya or sidhya , āśleṣā , maghā , pūrva-phalgunī , uttara-phalgunī , hasta , citrā , svātī , viśākhā or rādhā , anurādhā , jyeṣṭha , mūla , pūrvāṣāḍhā , uttarāṣāḍhā , śravaṇa ; abhijit ( is the 28th and has special qualities)
Last edited by yajvan; 11 August 2014 at 09:34 PM.
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