Jatakaparijata (Vol.2)

About Book:

Samhita, Hora, and Siddhanta of astrology – the place of the work presented in these three subjects is under Hora.

It was built by Shri Vaidyanath, son of Sarvarthachintamanikar Venkatadri in Vikram Samvat 1482. The composition is original but it also contains the essence of Sripatipaddhati, Taravali, Sarvarthachintamani, Brihajjatak, and other earlier texts.

This huge book of eighteen chapters has been divided into two parts. There are eight chapters in the 624 pages of the first part presented:

1. Horoscope- In this, nature, place, noun, etc. of zodiac signs have been discussed and they have been classified from a high-low point of view.

2. Grahasvarupa – In this, the knowledge type of planets, satellites, qualities, time, etc. is described.

3. Vionijanma – In this, the rites of the Jatak from conception to birth have been explained.

4. Arishta- It describes planetary Arishta and Arishtabhang yogas. Alpayu, Madhyamayu, and Purnayu Yoga are given in detail.

5-6. There are auspicious yogas related to age in Ayurdaya and inauspicious yogas in Jatakabhang.

7-8. In Raja Yoga, beneficial yoga, and in Dwayadigraha Yoga, the sum of the planets and the Dwadvabhavaphal are called.

The subject setting is simple and accessible. The original verse in Sanskrit, Saurabhbhashya in Hindi, and at various places chakras, brackets, horoscopes, and tables are also given.

About Author:

Pandit Gopesh Kumar Ojha, M.A. LL.B., was a learned astrologer from Mithila (Bihar). He has published many books in Sanskrit, English, and Hindi on astrology and allied sciences. Some of them are Phaldeepika : Bhavartha Bodhini, Aspects in Vedic Astrology, Body Reading (Physiognomy), The Solar Return (Varshphal), The Astrological Secrets of Friendship, Love, and Marriage, etc.