तुला
tulā

Sanskrit noun

Last edited: 2025-09-30
Primary meaning Libra
Literal translation scales, balance, weight
Variants
तुल tula
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Libra zodiac sign

वीथ्यां तुलापण्यधरो मनुष्यः स्थितः स नाभीकटिवस्तिदेशः।

vīthyāṃ tulāpaṇyadharo manuṣyaḥ sthitaḥ sa nābhīkaṭivastideśaḥ|

‘The man holding merchandise in his scales in the market (Libra), is located at place of the navel, hips and groins.’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.10ab

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: India
Date: ca. 300–325 CE

Mak, Bill M. 2018. “The First Two Chapters of Mīnarāja’s Vṛddhayavanajātaka.” Zinbun 48: 1–31.


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APA (7th)
तुला (Lemma #6346). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6346/

Chicago (Author-Date)
तुला (Lemma #6346). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6346/

MLA (9th)
तुला (Lemma #6346). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6346/

Harvard
तुला (Lemma #6346) (2025) The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6346/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac6346,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	year = {2025},
	title = {तुला ({Lemma} #6346)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6346/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6346/},
}