वर्गोत्तम
vargottama

Sanskrit noun
loaned from Sanskrit

Last edited: 2026-02-26
Primary meaning same sign
Literal translation same sign
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Vargottama is a planet in the Navāṃśa which is the same as the zodiac sign in which the planet is placed

त्रिंशल्लवानेव तु कण्टकाख्यान् वदन्ति केन्द्रेषु चतुर्षु लग्नात् । स्वे स्वे गृहे तु स्वगृहांशकाख्या वर्गोत्तमाख्या यवनैर्निरुक्ताः ॥६१॥

triṃśallavāneva tu kaṇṭakākhyān vadanti kendreṣu caturṣu lagnāt | sve sve gṛhe tu svagṛhāṃśakākhyā vargottamākhyā yavanairniruktāḥ ||61||

‘The thirty degrees are called Kaṇṭaka (spikes) when situated in the four lagna or Ascendant. When (a planet) is in its own sign and in its own division (aṃśa), it is termed ‘Svagṛhāṃśa.’ Such a position is called ‘Vargottama,’ as stated by the Yavanas (Greek astrologers).’

— Yavanajātaka 1.61

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 55

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APA (7th)
Malhotra, P. (2026). वर्गोत्तम (Lemma #6408). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6408/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Malhotra, P. (2026). वर्गोत्तम (Lemma #6408). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6408/
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Malhotra, P. (2026). वर्गोत्तम (Lemma #6408). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6408/
Harvard
Malhotra, P. (2026) वर्गोत्तम (Lemma #6408), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6408/ (Accessed: March 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6408,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2026},
	title = {वर्गोत्तम ({Lemma} #6408)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6408/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6408/},
}