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Āśleṣā आश्लेषा
“the embrace”
16°40′ Karka — 30° Karka
Vimśottarī lord: Budha · 17 years of daśā Presiding devatā: Sarpāḥ Gaṇḍānta
At a glance
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Span | 16°40′ Karka — 30° Karka | arithmetic — 13°20′ from the start of Meṣa |
| Rāśi | Karka Rāśi lord: Chandra | arithmetic — read off the span above |
| Vimśottarī lord | Budha बुध 17 years of daśā | the standard Vimśottarī sequence |
| Presiding devatā | Sarpāḥ सर्प the Serpents (Nāgas) | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.4 |
| Gaṇa | Rākṣasa | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Yoni | Mārjāra cat | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Nāḍī | Antya अन्त्य | from the milan tables — traditional, not traced to a classical verse |
| Varṇa | Cāṇḍāla-jāti the outcaste class | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 15.30 |
| Karma-guṇa | Tīkṣṇa sharp Fit for: attacks, spells, vetāla rites, imprisonment, execution, division, and the severing of relationships. | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.7 |
| Kūrma-cakra direction | South-east | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 14.10 |
| Symbol | a coiled serpent | traditional — not traced to a verse |
| Stars | δ, ε, η, ρ and σ Hydrae | traditional — not traced to a verse |
The character of the native
What the text says of a person born when the Moon stands in this asterism. This is the verse itself, not a paraphrase of it.
Deceitful, indiscriminately eating anything, sinful, ungrateful and cunning.
The persons and things it rules
Which people, animals, places, trades and goods fall under this asterism — the list a mundane or praśna reading works from.
Artificial medicinal bulbs, roots and fruits; insects, serpents and poisons; those devoted to seizing others’ wealth; chaff-grain; and all physicians.
The four pādas
Each nakṣatra divides into four quarters of 3°20′. The quarter the Moon occupies fixes the navāṁśa sign — the divisional chart a reading leans on second only to the rāśi — and, by tradition, the syllable a child is named from. These are arithmetic: the 4 × 27 quarters run one navāṁśa each, in order, right around the zodiac.
| Pāda | Degrees | Navāṁśa | Navāṁśa lord | Nāmākṣara |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16°40′ Karka — 20° Karka | Dhanu | Guru | Ḍī |
| 2 | 20° Karka — 23°20′ Karka | Makara | Śani | Ḍū |
| 3 | 23°20′ Karka — 26°40′ Karka | Kumbha | Śani | Ḍe |
| 4 Gaṇḍānta | 26°40′ Karka — 30° Karka | Mīna | Guru | Ḍo |
arithmetic — pāda k of nakṣatra i takes navāṁśa (4i + k)
This nakṣatra touches a gaṇḍānta — the seam where a water sign ends and a fire sign begins. The tradition asks for śānti before marriage for a birth in that quarter. Horā has not traced the rule to a classical verse, and says so rather than dressing it in one.
Devatā, the character of the native, the persons and things of each asterism, the varṇa grouping, the karma-guṇa classes and the kūrma-cakra direction are all read from Bṛhat Saṁhitā — chapters 14, 15, 97 and 100 — as carried verse by verse in this site’s own library, and every one of them links to its verse. Vimśottarī lords are the standard sequence; gaṇa, yoni and nāḍī come from the milan tables with their own citations. Spans, rāśis, pādas and navāṁśas are arithmetic, not doctrine. The symbol, the star identification and the nāmākṣara syllables are traditional pañcāṅga material that Horā has not traced to a classical verse — they say so on their own rows. Nothing here is invented to fill a gap.