Pancha Mahapurusha
Five great types of person in Brihat Samhita, each tied to a graha: Ruchaka, Bhadra, Hamsa, Malavya and Shasha. They are ideal portraits; no person is a type.
- Samudrika Shastra
- हिंदी: पंच महापुरुष
What is the rule behind Pancha Mahapurusha?
Brihat Samhita describes five great types of person, each tied to a graha: Ruchaka (Mars), Bhadra (Mercury), Hamsa (Jupiter), Malavya (Venus) and Shasha (Saturn), with the body and temperament of each.
Source: Brihat Samhita
In Jyotish the same five names are yogas: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn in its own or exaltation sign in a kendra from the Lagna. The texts link the yoga to the body type of the same name.
Source: Phaladeepika; Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
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Related terms
- RuchakaThe great type tied to Mars. In Jyotish, Ruchaka yoga is Mars in its own or exaltation sign in a kendra from the Lagna.
- BhadraThe great type tied to Mercury. In Jyotish, Bhadra yoga is Mercury in its own or exaltation sign in a kendra from the Lagna.
- HamsaThe great type tied to Jupiter. In Jyotish, Hamsa yoga is Jupiter in its own or exaltation sign in a kendra from the Lagna.
- MalavyaThe great type tied to Venus. In Jyotish, Malavya yoga is Venus in its own or exaltation sign in a kendra from the Lagna.
- ShashaThe great type tied to Saturn. In Jyotish, Shasha yoga is Saturn in its own or exaltation sign in a kendra from the Lagna.
- AngavidyaThe old practice of reading omens from the part of the body a person touched while asking a question. Brihat Samhita gives it a chapter and the Jain Angavijja a whole book. Studied as history.
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What does Pancha Mahapurusha mean in Samudrika Shastra?
Five great types of person in Brihat Samhita, each tied to a graha: Ruchaka, Bhadra, Hamsa, Malavya and Shasha. They are ideal portraits; no person is a type. Brihat Samhita describes five great types of person, each tied to a graha: Ruchaka (Mars), Bhadra (Mercury), Hamsa (Jupiter), Malavya (Venus) and Shasha (Saturn), with the body and temperament of each.
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