1 Chapter 5: अथ #व%षल(ा*यायः॥५॥ atha viśealagnādhyāya||5|| अथ=now #व%ष=special ल(=Lagna [rising point] आ*याय=to meditate अः=masculine “a” stem, singular, nominative Now the meditation on the special lagna’s The birth lagna in the natal chart is the most familar lagna to most people with knowledge of vedic astrology. Chapter five deals with three other lagna’s that are significant in the horoscope. © 2006 Michael Douglas Neely a.k.a. Prashanti Saraswati