Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit compound: candra-lagna.
Candra names the Moon and lagna the ascendant or reference point; the compound names a Moon-centered chart reference.
Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams lexical reference ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: lagna (University of Hyderabad) ↗
How we know · epistemology
Alternative chart reference
This changes the counting origin, not the physical Ascendant. Keep its positions distinct from houses counted from natal Lagna.
P. V. R. Narasimha Rao: Vedic Astrology — An Integrated Approach ↗
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