TY - JOUR AU - Gansten, Martin PY - 2018/08/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Origins of the Tājika System of Astrological Aspects and Dignities JF - History of Science in South Asia JA - Hist. Sci. South Asia VL - 6 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.18732/hssa.v6i0.34 UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/hssa/index.php/hssa/article/view/34 SP - 162-199 AB - <p>The astrological doctrines of aspects and planetary dignities found in the authoritative texts of the Tājika (Sanskritized Perso-Arabic) school are examined with respect to their origins and historical development, with particular emphasis on Balabhadra’s encyclopaedic <em>Hāyanaratna</em> (1649) and its quotations from the perhaps earliest work of the school, Samarasiṃha’s <em>Tājikaśāstra</em> (thirteenth century). It is argued that a major source of these doctrines is Sahl ibn Bishr’s Arabic-language intro­duction to astrology (ninth century), possibly in abbreviated or paraphrased form. Several of the constituent ideas have been imperfectly understood by their Indian epitomists, resulting in reinterpretations and innovations.</p> ER -