Sloka 7 (quarters 2 to 4). Kriya and other zodiacal signs in the heavens consist of nine quarters of stars reckoning from Dasra or Aswini and are termed Khetra, Riksha, Rasi Bhavana and Bha.
Notes
Rasis are usually counted from Mesha and Nakshatras from Ahswini . Each Nakshatra has four quarters and each Rasi consists of nine quarters of the Nakshatras. Thus Mesha is composed of Aswini, Bharani and the first quarter of Krithika and so on….. Garga.
The last quarter of the sloka gives the several synonymous terms for Rasi or sign.
Sloka 8. The parts o[ the body of the person Kala beginning with Mesh, respectively the head, the mouth, the breast, the heart, the belly, the hip, the groins, the private parts, the two thighs, the two knees the two calves and the two feet.
Notes
The 12 Rasis are supposed to represent the several parts of the body of Kalapurustra, Mesha (Aries)
representing the head and so on.
The object of this division is also distinctly expressed in the same work thus:
To find out the full growth or otherwise of the different parts of the body of the owner of the horoscope according as the Rasi is typifying them are connected with benefic or malefic planets. In the case of all horoscopes, the several parts of the body referred to above should be understood to be represented by the signs beginning from the Lagna.
Sloka 9. Sign Pisces consists of two fishes with their two tails and heads in reverse positions. Aquarius is symbolised by a man with a pot. Libra is a person with a balance. Sagittarius is a man armed with a bow, the hinder part of the body being that of a horse. Capricorn is a shark with the fage of a deer. Gemini constitutes a pair-of human beings bearing a harp and a mace. Virgo is a woman standing in a boat carrying with her corn and fire. The remaining signs correspond to things with properties indicated by their respective names, Each one of them inhabits the region appropriate thereto.
Sloka 10 to 12. The abode of Mesha or the Ram is the surface of the earth containing preciousstones and yielding minerals. The quarters of Vrishabha or the Bull, is the stable, land, farms, the cow station and the forest, The place of Mithuna or Gemini is the gambling house and pleasure haunts such as a park or a garden. The seat of Kataka or the Crab is lake, a pond or a sandbank in the midst of water. The region of Simha or the Lion is deep mountain, caves and dense forests. The haunt of the sixth or Virgo is a pasture land or the pleasure room of a woman. The locality of Thula or Libra is the bazaar of a city abounding in all kinds of valuable things. The lair of Vrischika or the Scorpion consists of a region abounding in flint, or holes of noxious reptiles. The camp or barrack containing horses chariots and elephants is the place of Chapa or the Sagittarius. The home of Makara or the Deer faced is a river or other water abounding region.
The seat of Kumbha or Aquarius is a water pot and the receptacles of vessels in a house. The resort of Meena or Pisces is a river, the sea and similar collections of water.
Notes.
These are useful in fixing the nature and the whereabouts of absconded or missing persons, lost things, etc., and seem to have been culled from the works of the Yavanas, from which the following is extracted.
