त्रित्रिकोण
tritrikoṇa

Sanskrit noun

Last edited: 2026-01-06
Primary meaning 9th House
Literal translation threefold triangle
Edited by
9th astrological house in trine

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

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

‘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). त्रित्रिकोण (Lemma #6396). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6396/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Malhotra, P. (2026). त्रित्रिकोण (Lemma #6396). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6396/
MLA (9th)
Malhotra, P. (2026). त्रित्रिकोण (Lemma #6396). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6396/
Harvard
Malhotra, P. (2026) त्रित्रिकोण (Lemma #6396), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6396/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6396,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2026},
	title = {त्रित्रिकोण ({Lemma} #6396)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6396/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6396/},
}