mangal dosha
मंगल दोष maṅgala doṣaThe 'Manglik' condition: Mars placed in certain houses of a chart, held in matchmaking tradition to stress a marriage. An old astrological seed grown into a modern social institution.
Where this term appears
- What is Jyotisha? Scriptures
Jyotisha means "the science of the lights": it is the Vedanga of timekeeping, and later the umbrella word for Indian astronomy and astrology together. The oldest…
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
He is also the planet behind one of the most anxiously consulted beliefs in Indian marriage, the Mangal dosha or the condition of being Manglik , and we will come to that among the afflictions.