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Word origin · etymology

Sanskrit numerical compound: saptāṃśa.

Sapta means seven and aṃśa a portion. The chart name identifies a seventh-part division, with the adjoining a vowels forming ā.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: saptan; sapta (University of Hyderabad) ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: aṃśa (University of Hyderabad) ↗

How we know · epistemology

Seventh-part mapping convention

Seven parts do not have an exact terminating decimal width in degrees, so rounded labels should not determine the partition. A reproducible destination sign does not validate conclusions about reproduction or a child.

Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, chapter 6: divisional definitions ↗

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