त्रिकोण
trikoṇa

Sanskrit noun
loaned from Sanskrit

Last edited: 2026-01-06
Primary meaning Trinal House
Literal translation Triangle
Edited by
Trine; the 5th and 9th houses, which form a triangle with the ascendant. Also called Dharma trikoṇa

आद्याच्चतुर्थं चतुरश्रमाहुस्तथाष्टमं नैधनमप्युशन्ति । पृथक्त्रिकोणं त्वथ पंचमं हि स्यात् त्रित्रिकोणं नवमं च विन्द्यात् ॥५१॥

ādyāccaturthaṃ caturaśramāhustathāṣṭamaṃ naidhanamapyuśanti | pṛthaktrikoṇaṃ tvatha paṃcamaṃ hi syāt tritrikoṇaṃ navamaṃ ca vindyāt ||51||

‘From the ascendant, the fourth house is called the Chaturasra (square); the eighth is also known as Naidhana (related to death). But individually the fifth house is called Trikoṇa (triangle), and the ninth is recognized as Tri-trikoṇa (the great or triple triangle)’

— Yavanajātaka v.1.51

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). त्रिकोण (Lemma #6395). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6395/
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Malhotra, P. (2026). त्रिकोण (Lemma #6395). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6395/
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Malhotra, P. (2026). त्रिकोण (Lemma #6395). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6395/
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Malhotra, P. (2026) त्रिकोण (Lemma #6395), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6395/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6395,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2026},
	title = {त्रिकोण ({Lemma} #6395)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6395/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6395/},
}