लग्न
Lagna

Sanskrit adjective
loaned from Sanskrit

Last edited: 2026-01-06
Primary meaning Ascendant
Literal translation to meet
Edited by
First astrological house- Ascendant astrological place

एतच्चतुर्लग्नमुदाहरन्ति होराविदो लग्नचतुष्टयं च । स्थानं तु चन्द्रस्य चतुष्टयाख्यं मेण्यैवसंज्ञं यवनेषु विन्द्यात् ॥५०॥

etaccaturlagnamudāharanti horāvido lagnacatuṣṭayaṃ ca | sthānaṃ tu candrasya catuṣṭayākhyaṃ meṇyaivasaṃjñaṃ yavaneṣu vindyāt ||50||

‘The experts in horā declare the caturlagna (ascendent of four kinds) and the lagnacatuṣṭaya (square of the lagna). Likewise, the position of the Moon is also said to be of four kinds catuṣṭaya (consisting of four) and this is knowns as meṇyaiva among the Yavanas.’

— Yavanajātaka v.1.50

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 52

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APA (7th)
Malhotra, P. (2026). लग्न (Lemma #6394). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6394/
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@misc{zodiac6394,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2026},
	title = {लग्न ({Lemma} #6394)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6394/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6394/},
}