JINENDRAMALA N.CHIDAMBARAM IYER [AP]

JYOTIS SASTRA consists of three branches : SAMHITA (Natural Astrology), Tantra (Astronomy), and Hora (Horoscopy).Prasna (Horary Astrology) is a branch of Horoscopy. various works exist on prasna. JINENDRAMALA and GNANAPRADIPIKA are two of the works extant that treat of the subject fully. The two works are, each so exactly like the other that the one may be said to be a version of the other. The present work differs from Shatpanchasika similar works on the subject in this important point.

 

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JYOTISH SHASTRA consists of three branches: SAMHITA (Natural Astrology), Tantra (Astronomy), and Hora (Horoscope). Prasna horary Astrology is a branch of Horoscope. Various works exist on Pa, JINENDRAMALA and GNANAPRADIPIKA are two of the works extant that treat of the subject fully. The two works are, cats so exactly like the other that the one may be said to be a version of the oher. The present work differs from Shatpanchasika and similar works on the subject in this important point.-Viz, that while the latter deal with the heavenly planets the former deals mainly with the same number of invisible planets, supposed to move round in the circle of horizon of which the astrologer occuples the centre. (Vide Stanzas 81, 83 and W of Ch. I). We say mainly, for the heavenly plants are not excluded from its scope. Their places have also to be taken into account especially where the yogas evidently refer to such planets only-as, for instance, where mention is made of two or more planets occupying together a sign of Zodiac, or where the order of the yoga planets in the Zodiac is different from the well-known order of the Aroodha planets as given in Stanza 83 of Ch. I.

The present work consists of 24 Chapters. The first Chapter treats of definitions and elementary principles. Nearly all objects of nature belonging to the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms, together with their numerous properties such as their color, size, shape and the like, are brought under both Planetary and Zodiacal divisions. In this respect the first Chapter of the book possesses an importance over the first two Chapters of the Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira, where the number of terms defined is much less. Chapters Il to IV refer to the process of reading the thought of the querent; and the object of the Wery is then brought under one of the numerous subjects separately Heated of in the subsequent chapters-such as the diseases, birth, Death, meals, dreams, omens, marriage, salya, under currents, travels, and the like. Where the object of the query does not clearly fall ruler one of these heads, it is brought under "Good and Evil in General treated of in Ch. Vi.