The lord of the nakshatra in which a planet is placed forms the jeeva.
The lord of the nakshatra in which jeeva is placed gets designated as sarira.
If mercury is in ashvini [Erratum: ardra was a typo as pointed out by fellow-member Votive] then ketu is jeeva of mercury
If such a ketu is in anuradha, then saturn is considered as sarira of mercury
But what if sun (different chart) is in krittika (sun's star)? By the above algorithm sun would be the jeeva and sarira of sun!
No! Rayudu advices that in such cases where a planet is in the star ruled by itself, it can only be considered jeeva, but its sign dispositor (mars in this case or venus, since krittika straddles aries and taurus) be taken as the sarira.
WAIT!! There is another consideration if such a tie ensues!!! If such a jeeva planet is in its own sign, then ONLY it can serve as its own jeeva as well as sarira. So, sun in last quarter of leo and jupiter in the first quarter of pisces would be in the distinguished position of being their own jeeva and sarira.
What do folks think of this cosmic arrangement vis-a-vis the jeeva-sarira conceptualization?
There is at least one other algorithm for this jeeva-sarira business, but in this thread let us follow Rayudu's formulation alone lest the thread turns into a heap of sphagetti (delicious though that sounds...!)
Your move...!
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Rohiniranjan