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Word origin · etymology

Latin-derived labels alongside Sanskrit.

Horary derives from hora, hour; interrogation means asking; praśna means question. The combined title links several traditions' question-based vocabulary.

Merriam-Webster: horary ↗Merriam-Webster: interrogation ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: praśna (University of Hyderabad) ↗

How we know · epistemology

Question-based judgment in distinct traditions

Lilly weighs significators, dignities and aspects in Western question charts. Rao describes Tajaka combinations used in Prashna, an Indian approach with its own conventions. A Western Regiomontanus worksheet is therefore not a generic Prashna calculation; consistent rules make results reproducible without establishing that answers predict events.

William Lilly: Christian Astrology (1647), pp. 101–112, original text ↗P. V. R. Narasimha Rao: Vedic Astrology, An Integrated Approach, chapter 29 ↗

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