There are a number of more or less fanciful diagrams (cakra) used for particular purposes in Indian astrology, often as a means of classifying the nakṣatras. I don't know the origin of the avakahaḍā- or hoḍā-cakras, but the latter one is typically used to determine suitable names based on the nakṣatras in an individual horoscope. There are plenty of non-scholarly discussions of both diagrams on the web, especially if you enter search terms in Devanagari (अवकहडा चक्र, होडा चक्र).

Best wishes,
Martin

Den 2024-11-19 kl. 13:34, skrev Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY:

Dear Friends,

I am looking for information on the Avakahaḍa or Hoḍa Cakra. All that I could find on the net was a reference to an article in Jyotish Digest, 3rd Quarter 2012, but when I tried to access it, my computer went wild with warnings about possible identity theft, so I left it alone.

Does anyone know anything about this?

thanks in advance,

Matthew

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