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Rao places houses 3, 6, 10, and 11 in this category.
The sixth-house overlap means the labels should remain visible together.
P. V. R. Narasimha Rao, Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach, §7.4 (physical pp. 86–89) ↗
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Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit upacaya (उपचय): increase, accumulation, growth or welfare.
Upachaya is an English spelling of upacaya; the lexical gloss does not guarantee an outcome.
How we know · epistemology
Traditional Jyotish house-category convention.
A house can belong to more than one category; sixth house is also dusthana in the cited classification.
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