Planetary BhinnashtakaVargas, method of preparation of A.V.

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54. Effects of AshtakaVarga
Effects of the A.V. of planets from the Sun to Saturn
55. Manifold Births

Ch. 1. Birth of Horstra
1. Glory to the Sun-God, whose very breathing causes Creation in
this world, with whose rising all the animals (living beings) wake up
(from the sleep of their ignorance), whose state at the head (zenith)
accentuates all activities (throws the brightest light on one's wisdom)
and whose setting (absence, weakness) causes all to sleep. Such
Sun-God has his efficacy spread (all over).
2-4. Varaha Mihira in his Horstra, i.e. Bhat Jataka, stated briefly
the essence of the teachings of the learned sages viz. ten divisions of
the Zodiacal Sign, Raja Yogas, longevity, effects of planetary periods
etc. This could not be done elaborately by him and hence I am
conveying in this work such useful essence, as called out from
Yavanas etc., rejecting other unuseful portions, which may be
appended to the said Brihat Jataka.
5. I, Kalyana Varma, whose fame on account of patronizing Gods and
administering villages and cities is brilliant, like that of a female swan
in the cage of the universe, who is the king of Vyagrapada region,
present this Saravali, an astrological treatise, with a chaste heart.
6. Saravali is a river with chilly water, which has taken its birth in the
mountain called Kalyana Varma, to ward off the thirst for astrology of
those interested.
Thus ends the 1
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Ch. Birth of Horstra in Kalyana Varma's
Sraval
Ch. 2. Meaning of Hor