kaal sarp dosha
कालसर्प दोष kāla-sarpa doṣaA modern astrological 'affliction' in which all seven classical planets fall between Rahu and Ketu; not found in any classical jyotisha text and rejected by scholars such as K. N. Rao as a twentieth-century popularization.
Where this term appears
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
The Kaal Sarp dosha is the one this account must be most direct about, because it is the most feared and the least founded.