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Word origin · etymology

Sanskrit numerical compound: ṣaṣṭyaṃśa.

Ṣaṣṭi means sixty and becomes ṣaṣṭy before a following vowel; aṃśa means a portion. The result is the sixtieth-part name, distinct from ṣaṣṭha, meaning sixth.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: ṣaṣṭi; ṣaṣṭy; ṣaṣṭha (University of Hyderabad) ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: aṃśa (University of Hyderabad) ↗

How we know · epistemology

Sixtieth-part mapping and belief-dependent interpretation

Half-degree source portions make boundary and birth-time uncertainty material. A reproducible sign assignment cannot demonstrate a former life, karma or moral desert. Sign counting and the ordering of traditional portion names are separate conventions.

Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, chapter 6: divisional definitions ↗

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