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Word origin · etymology

Traditional Sanskrit name: akṣavedāṃśa.

The final aṃśa means a portion; the forty-fifth division is the attested chart identity. Pañcacatvāriṃśat means forty-five, but that numerical paraphrase does not establish how the older name akṣaveda was coined.

Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, Sanskrit chapter 6.2–4: sixteen names (printed p. 68) ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: pañcacatvāriṃśat (University of Hyderabad) ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: aṃśa (University of Hyderabad) ↗Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, chapter 6: divisional definitions ↗

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Forty-fifth-part mapping convention

D45 derives another arrangement from the same input longitude rather than collecting new observations. Broad reading scope makes it especially important to record the original question and consider conflicting placements instead of selecting confirming details.

Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, chapter 6: divisional definitions ↗

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