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The Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra (BPHS) is a foundational compilation of Indian astrology, or horā^[1]

The Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra is a composite work of 71 chapters. The first part (chapters 1-51) dates to the 7th and early 8th centuries, and the second part (chapters 52-71) dates to the latter part of the 8th century. An English translation was published by N.N. Krishna Rau and V.B. Choudhari in 1963, in two volumes.

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^ from Greek ὥρα, although the BPHS (4.1-2) etymologizes the word as ahorātra "day and night" with the first and last syllables dropped.

David Pingree, Jyotiḥśāstra in J. Gonda (Ed.) A History of Indian Literature, Vol VI Fasc 4 (1981), p.81

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Original text (Sanskrit) oldwikisource:बृहत्पाराशरहोराशास्त्र
Translations online (English) [http://www.reliableastrology.com/mphs.htm Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra by Maharishi Parasara
Scholarly Article On the Authenticity of the (Modern)Brhad Parasara Hora Sastra by Shyamasundara Dasa, discusses the problem of determining what constitutes the original corpus of the text and what has been interpolated by later authors.

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[0] rom Greek ὥρα, although the BPHS (4.1-2) etymologizes the word as ahorātra "day and night" with the first and last syllables dropped.

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