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Word origin · etymology

Attested Sanskrit technical name: drekkāṇa.

The dictionary cross-references drekkāṇa to dṛkāṇa, a third of a zodiac sign. The spelling variants are documented; a deeper historical derivation is not asserted here.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: drekkāṇa (University of Hyderabad) ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: dṛkāṇa (University of Hyderabad) ↗

How we know · epistemology

Third-part mapping convention

A third of a 30° sign is 10°. That partition is reproducible, while the destination-sign rule and reading convention must also be stated. Shared ten-degree widths do not make Indian and Western decan interpretations interchangeable.

Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, chapter 6: divisional definitions ↗

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