बृहत्-पाराशर-होरा-शास्त्रम्       bṛhat-pārāśara-horā-śāstram - chapter-46, verse-15

Words meanings summery:

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• दशासमाः (daśāsamāḥ) - the duration in years for each planetary daśā (daśā years, years of planetary periods)

• क्रमात् (kramāt) - in order, sequentially

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these (planets)

• षट् (ṣaṭ) - six years (for the Sun's daśā) (six (years))

• दशा (daśā) - ten years (for the Moon's daśā) (ten (years))

• अश्वा (aśvā) - seven years (for Mars' daśā); 'aśva' (horse) is a mnemonic for the number seven (seven (years); mares)

• गजेन्दवः (gajendavaḥ) - eighteen years (for Rahu's daśā); 'gaja' (elephant) is a mnemonic for 8, 'indu' (moon) for 1 (read as 18) (eighteen (years) (lit. elephants and moons))

• नृपाला (nṛpālā) - sixteen years (for Jupiter's daśā); 'nṛpa' (king) is a mnemonic for 16 (sixteen (years) (lit. kings))

• नवचन्द्रा (navacandrā) - nineteen years (for Saturn's daśā); 'nava' (nine) is for 9, 'candra' (moon) for 1 (read as 19) (nineteen (years) (lit. nines and moons))

• च (ca) - and

• नवचन्द्रा (navacandrā) - nineteen years (for Mercury's daśā); conventionally, Mercury's daśā is 17 years, but the text explicitly states 'navacandrā' (19) again (nineteen (years) (lit. nines and moons))

• नगा (nagā) - seven years (for Ketu's daśā); 'naga' (mountain) is a mnemonic for 7 (seven (years) (lit. mountains))

• नखाः (nakhāḥ) - twenty years (for Venus' daśā); 'nakha' (nail) is a mnemonic for 20 (twenty (years) (lit. nails))

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