द्रेकाण
drekāṇa

Sanskrit noun

Last edited: 2025-11-22
Primary meaning Decan
Literal translation division
Variants
द्रेक्क drekka
द्रेष्काण dreshkāņa
दृकाण dṛkāṇa
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Originating from Egypt, drekāṇas or D3 chart is 1/3 of a zodiac sign equal to 10 degrees (face)

होरा प्रसिद्धाः । द्रेकाणसंज्ञाः प्रथितास्तथात्र चिन्ताकृतिप्राप्तिप्रकीर्तिताथ ॥३४॥

horā prasiddhāḥ | drekāṇasaṃjñāḥ prathitāstathātra cintākṛtiprāptiprakīrtitātha ||34||

‘The horās are well-known, and so the drekāṇas are named here; likewise the forms of considerations and attainment are also described’

— Yavanajātaka v.34

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: India
Date: 4th-6th century CE

Pingree, David. The Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja. Harvard Oriental Series, vol. 48. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 49

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APA (7th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). द्रेकाण (Lemma #6381). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6381/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Malhotra, P. (2025). द्रेकाण (Lemma #6381). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6381/
MLA (9th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). द्रेकाण (Lemma #6381). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6381/
Harvard
Malhotra, P. (2025) द्रेकाण (Lemma #6381), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6381/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6381,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2025},
	title = {द्रेकाण ({Lemma} #6381)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6381/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6381/},
}