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5. Planetary combinations term: "Yogas" (combinations of planets that produce specific results) leading a person to have children through a second wife. Combinations under which a person becomes the father of many daughters.
6—7. Combinations leading to the end of a family line.
8. Combinations leading a person to have a son by adoption.
9. Combinations leading to the loss of children.
10 Combinations for having many children.
11. When will the children be all males?
12. Time when conception may take place.
13. How to determine the number of offspring?
14 Method to ascertain the strength of fertility original: "fecundity".
15 To determine whether progeny is assured or not.
16—18 Methods advocated to ward off barrenness.
19—22. Cause of childlessness.
23—24 Remedies recommended to ward off the sins leading to childlessness.
25—32 Time when the birth of a son may be expected.
33. To determine the time of delivery.
34. Bases for prediction of effects.
1. The lifespan of the person should be the first thing to be determined.
2. Various opinions about the correct time that has to be taken for the Ascendant term: "Lagna" (the degree of the zodiac rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth) at a birth.
3—4 The life of children under 12 years cannot be calculated for the reasons stated.
5 Remedies to ward off the evil effects due to infant mortality term: "Balarishta" (afflictions threatening the life of a child).
6. Infant mortality original: "Balarishta" (बालारिष्ट), death caused by planetary combinations original: "Yogarishta" (योगारिष्ट), short life original: "Alpayus" (अल्पायुस्), middle life original: "Madhyamayus" (मध्यमायुस्) and full life original: "Purnayus" (पूर्णायुस्) defined.
7. Maximum period of human life and its divisions into three kinds.
8. Death of the child if born during "Day-Death" original: "Dinamrityu" (दिनमृत्यु) - specific inauspicious times for birth.