Ārūḍha Definitions - What is Ārūḍha?
Ārūḍha in its most simple definition means mounted, ascended or bestridden (as a horse). It is the sign, the animal represented by the sign, which is mounted. For example if the ārūḍha is Sagittarius then the image is like ‘a person riding a horse’ whereas if it is Leo, it is of a ‘person riding a lion’! The word mounted implies such an image.
Pada Adhyāyaḥ - अथ पदाध्यायः॥
atha padādhyāyaḥ ||
कथ्याम्यथा भावानां खेटानां च पदं द्विज।
तद्विशेषफलं ज्ञातुं यथोक्तं प्राङ् महर्षिभिः॥ १॥
kathyāmyathā bhāvānāṁ kheṭānāṁ ca padaṁ dvija |
tadviśeṣaphalaṁ jñātuṁ yathoktaṁ prāṅ maharṣibhiḥ || 1||
लग्नाद् यावतिथे राशौ तिष्ठेल्लग्नेश्वरः क्रमात्।
ततस्तावतिथे राशौ लग्नस्य पदमुच्यते॥ २॥
lagnād yāvatithe rāśau tiṣṭhellagneśvaraḥ kramāt |
tatastāvatithe rāśau lagnasya padamucyate || 2||
सर्वेषामाप भावानां ज्ञेयमेवं पदं द्विज।
तनुभावपदं तत्र बुधा मुख्यपदं विदुः॥ ३॥
sarveṣāmāpa bhāvānāṁ jñeyamevaṁ padaṁ dvija |
tanubhāvapadaṁ tatra budhā mukhyapadaṁ viduḥ || 3
Bhāva Pada - कथ्याम्यथा भावानां खेटानां च पदं द्विज।
तद्विशेषफलं ज्ञातुं यथोक्तं प्राणः महर्षिभिः॥ १॥
kathyāmyathā bhāvānāṁ kheṭānāṁ ca padaṁ dvija |
tadviśeṣaphalaṁ jñātuṁ yathoktaṁ prāṇaḥ maharṣibhiḥ || 1||
In the chapter titled ‘padādhyāyaḥ’ Maharṣi Parāśara has explicitly stated that he shall teach the ‘bhāva and graha pada’ i.e. the bhāva and graha ārūḍha.
Bhāva Pada Chakra - Popularly called the Ārūḍha Chakra, this is a chart drawn with the Lagna and planets and showing the ārūḍha pada of the bhāva in the signs. The nomenclature for any bhāva ārūḍha is normally ‘A’ followed by the number of the bhāva except for Lagna and twelfth house which are designated as AL for Ārūḍha Lagna and UL for Upapada Lagna.
Illustration Standard Nativity
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