राशि
rāśi

Sanskrit noun
loaned from Sanskrit

Last edited: 2025-12-13
Primary meaning Zodiac Sign
Literal translation heap
Edited by
equal division of the zodiac into twelve parts of 30°, determined by the position of Moon during one’s birth. zodiac sign,

आद्या तु होरा भवनस्य पत्युरेकादशक्षेत्रपतेर्द्वितीया । स्वद्वादशैकादशराशिपानां द्रेकाणसंज्ञाः क्रमशस्त्रयोऽत्र ॥३९॥

ādyā tu horā bhavanasya patyurekādaśakṣetrapaterdvitīyā | svadvādaśaikādaśarāśipānāṃ drekāṇasaṃjñāḥ kramaśastrayo'tra ||39||

‘But the lord of zodiac sign is first horā is the and the second is the lord of the eleventh zodiac sign. The Drekkāṇas belonging to the lords of the 12th and 11th signs are here designated in regular order as three’

— Yavanajātaka v.1.39

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 50

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APA (7th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). राशि (Lemma #6384). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6384/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Malhotra, P. (2025). राशि (Lemma #6384). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6384/
MLA (9th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). राशि (Lemma #6384). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6384/
Harvard
Malhotra, P. (2025) राशि (Lemma #6384), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6384/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6384,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2025},
	title = {राशि ({Lemma} #6384)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6384/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6384/},
}