अकूट /aṣṭakūṭa System of Match making
Presented by: Sanjay Prabhakaran
Sri Jagannatha Center ©
Word Meaning
aṣṭ/अ : Eight कूट /kūṭa : multitude, uniform substance (as the etherial element )
Word Significance Following are some related words, – अवसु /aṣṭavasu : Names of 8 Vasu, belonging to primary deities of class of 33 – अलिआम /aṣṭalakṣmi – अम गल /aṣṭamaṅgala : eight auspicious objects, Used to reckon fruits of karma in Prashna (8=11th (gains) from 10th ) – अदलप कालचब /aṣṭadalapadma kālacakra: Octal petal Lotus used to indicate influence of Time. Time(kāla) as blocker of all manifestions. 8th bhāva is to block. – 8th bhāva in chart sustains or mars marriage, being māraka to 7th
Theme of Match Making
Only muhūrta (मुहू त Significance of पुष
) books discuss Match making. Why?. & ूाकृ ित
/puruṣa & prākṛti.
Kāla, the Dark One, The giver of fruits of Ignorance, ‘blocks’. Light (Vasu’s) are used to unblock muhūrta is primarily to remove the negative karma found in the natal chart. A marital partnership is thus a help partners to remove one negative karma. Muhūrtā = f. Name of a daughter of Daksha, who married Dharma or Manu and mother of the Muhūrtās (Harivamsha Puraana)
36 Points Score
पदै क पदाधगण / padaika padārdhagaṇa padaika = Number plus One padārdhagaṇa = multiplied by half of number Formula
((N+1)xN)/2 –
Substitute N as 8 (9 x 8 )/2 = 36
The Eight kūṭa or Unifiers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
varṇa : Colour or Nature, Karma performed due to natural tendency vaśya : humbling, Humility in marriage dina : day/daily, Daily nature of couples, leading to friendliness Yoni : Organ of birth which gives body, Physical needs of person, Sex Graha maitri : Graha Friendships, Tendency to fight and compromise. gaṇa : tribe, tendency to belong or follow a group, Social Influence rāśi : heap or grains, Flow of Energy and resources nāḍi : tubes (snake like) in body, controls flow of energy in body.
Other Factors Other factors for consideration on special cases.
Rajju (Rope) , Mahendra, Vedha etc
Explanation of Each Kūṭa
Meaning and significance of each Kūṭa –
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Yoni : 7 Graha with body gives 14 Animals (Bodies). Each graha gives 2 types in it’s Class and 2 sexes of each type. 7 x 2 x 2 = 28 Nakshatra maṇḍala. Dina: 27 Nakshatra or 28 Nakshatra? Vashya : How many types? Other Kūṭas
Proposed Graha mapping
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
kūṭa
Graha
Varṇa
Saturn
Vaśya
Jupiter
Dina
Mercury
Yoni
Venus
Graha maitri
Mars
Gaṇa
Moon
Rāśi
Sun
nāḍi
Nodes
Rules
UL indicates Marriage 2nd and 7th are Maaraka or breakers – –
2nd from UL breaks marriage 7th secondarily also can marriage
Kūṭa rule proposed
Kūṭa unifies whereas maraka breaks Hence, –
Rule #1 Breaker: The Graha which breaks UL, that graha’s kūṭa should be primarily matched.
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Rule #2 Unifier: The UL lord’s Kūṭa can be naturally matching for most couples.
Examples
Examples will be shown for the above 2 rules.
