Vedic Jyotisha for Beginners by Suresh Chandra Mishra (2019)
The book ‘Vedic Jyotisha for Beginners’ leads students to the Gateway of Vedic wisdom in astrological sciences. Fundamentals of Vedic Jyotisha have been dealt with in an elucidating manner for the benefit of sincere aspirants.
• Dik, Desha and Kaala, i.e., space, place and time, all three combined form the basis of Jyotisha, so a brief but relevant discussion on the three, is there in the first introductory chapter;
• All-Important application of measures of time and a detailed explanation of celestial sphere with useful terms have all been enunciated;
• Logical as well as scientific discussion of the ‘Chitra-Paksheeta-Ayanamsha’ is also included as this very issue is erroneously considered to be controversial;
• Consideration of the sidereal as well as the tropical zodiacs is necessary, thus the same is advocated with citations from the Vedas;
• Detailed characteristics of Rashis and nakshatras that is highly useful for all predictive endeavors also find place in the book;
• The day and the moment when you were born along with other affiliated elements tend to be the foundation of all predictive exercise, hence, presented in a simple and highly comprehensive manner;
• The term Graha’ in Vedic Jyotisha has special implied meaning, therefore, one separate chapter dealing with all contextual factors is included;
• The natal chart figures out the celestial phenomenon for the epoch, thus the same is explained along with the simplest method of computation and detailed description of significance of the twelve houses;
• Mathematical calculation for the Varga-charts, longitudes of Grahas, Dasha, special lagnas and various less known but highly result-oriented `Awastha’ of Grahas are made easy;
• Fixation of ‘Kaaraka’, highly benevolent Graha, the ‘Sudarshan-Chakra’ and the Ashtaka-Varga’ are enunciated in simple steps;
• Being as eyes of the Vedas, various hints coded therein, have been presented with original Mantras and their explanation under the heading ‘Jyotisha in Vedas’.
• The book comprises the scientific as well as modern-day-practical discussion on Vedic Jyotisha.
Contents
| Preamble | 4 | |
| 1 | Introduction | 7 |
| 2 | Measures of Time | 11 |
| 3 | Zodiac and Ecliptic | 21 |
| 4 | Rashis and Nakshatras | 27 |
| 5 | Panchanga | 51 |
| 6 | Graha or Planet | 61 |
| 7 | undali : The Lagna Chart | 81 |
| 8 | Longitudes of Grahas | 93 |
| 9 | Vargas or Divisional Charts | 100 |
| 10 | Vishesha (Special) Lagnas | 113 |
| 11 | Kaaraka: Highly Benevolent Grahas | 121 |
| 12 | State of Being (Awastha) of Grahas | 131 |
| 13 | Dasha and Bhuktis | 140 |
| 14 | Sudarshaana Chakra | 149 |
| 15 | Ashtakavarga | 152 |
| 16 | Graha Bala or Strength of Planets | 161 |
| 17 | Jyotisha in Vedas |
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