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Vṛddha Yavanajātaka
वृद्धयवनजातक
Mīnarāja · Pingree placed c. 300–325 CE; that anchor depended on a chronology Mak overturned, so the absolute date is open · jataka
On the dating: Pingree’s early-4th-century placement presupposed his Yavanajātaka dates. With those revised to the 4th–6th centuries, Mīnarāja’s absolute date is unsettled; a 4th–6th-century horizon is the cautious statement.
What this text is
The largest early natal compendium — roughly eight thousand verses parallel to Sphujidhvaja.
Planets in signs and houses, yogas, and nativity results by sign combinations, at a scale no other early text matches.
Its role in this app
Early corroborating lineage for planets-in-houses, planets-in-signs and yogas; house-lord and aspect rules are greppable in the 1935 Devanāgarī print.
Editions our research holds
1935-lakshmi-venkateshwar
Lakshmi Venkateshwar Press 1935, Sanskrit with Hindi ṭīkā.
public domain · scan quality: usable
pingree-1976-vol-2
Pingree critical edition vol. 2 (1976) — cleaner OCR.
in copyright — read for verification only, never republished · scan quality: usable
pingree-1976-vol-1
Pingree critical edition vol. 1 (1976).
in copyright — read for verification only, never republished · scan quality: poor
Readings on this site cite texts at chapter level, with verse numbers only where our research verified the passage in a named edition. How conflicts between texts are resolved is documented on the conventions page.