Jataka Tatvam

Introduction I have great pleasure in being able to present before the public one more monumental work-Jataka Tatva (tkrdrRo) which I think will prove a useful addition to the student of Astrology. That Astrology is a boat necessary to save mankind from the dangers which come unnoticed, cannot be denied. Vaidyanatha Dikshita rightly observes in his Jatakaprijata as follows:

There is nothing in the world like a horoscope to help men in the acquisition of wealth, to save them like a boat in a lea of troubles and to serve them as a guide in-their journeys." This school of thought was kept in vogue in ancient Hindu system of education, wherein a Brahmin, before entering the portals of married life, should necessarily undergo tuition in the four Vedas and the Shad Angas (six Angas) viz.,

"Phonetics, work dealing with Rituals, Grammar, Etymology, Astronomy and Astrology and Prosody." It was • thought that the student's career would not be complete without a good knowledge of Jyotisha.

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