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Lesson S01-M03-L01: The Kalapurusha Frame and Sign Classification Systems — Quiz

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S01-M03-L01 · Chapter 4, Part 1 — Zodiacal Signs Described

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Recall

  1. What is the Kalapurusha limb for Leo? For Aquarius?
  2. Name the four fixed signs.

Understanding

  1. Explain why sign-level and planet-level benefic/malefic classifications must be kept distinct.
  2. Explain the condition (per the translator's Notes) required for the Kalapurusha-limb diagnostic technique to actually indicate a bodily effect.

Application

  1. A sign is Saumya, female, dual, and phlegmatic. Which sign is this?

Source Awareness

  1. Is the claim "Rudra Bhatta says a limb with opposing elements will develop disease" explicitly stated in Parashara's verse, or translator commentary quoting an outside source?
Check Answers
  1. Leo = stomach; Aquarius = ankles.
  2. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius.
  3. They classify different objects (planets vs. signs) using overlapping vocabulary; conflating them risks incorrectly treating a sign's nature as if it changed a planet's own benefic/malefic status.
  4. The affliction must occur without benefic aspect or conjunction — a malefic alone in a sign, with no benefic mitigation, is the stated condition for the bodily effect.
  5. Pisces (Saumya+female ✓, dual ✓, phlegmatic/water triplicity ✓ — the only sign satisfying all three).
  6. Translator commentary — explicitly quoting an outside named source (Rudra Bhatta), not Parashara's own verse.
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