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Laghu Jātaka
लघुजातक
Varāhamihira · 6th century CE · jataka
What this text is
Varāhamihira’s own compact abridgment of the Bṛhat Jātaka, long used as a teaching text.
The essentials of natal astrology in short chapters, paralleling the Bṛhat Jātaka’s structure; our edition carries Sanskrit text, word-order gloss and Hindi.
Its role in this app
Corroborating witness for foundations, planets-in-houses and longevity where an independent restatement by the same author clarifies what the Bṛhat Jātaka compresses.
Editions our research holds
lashanlal-jha-commentary
Lashanlal Jha commentary (Chowkhamba).
in copyright — read for verification only, never republished · scan quality: usable
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