A friend who asked us to give the manuscript of the book to

Mr. Narendra Sagar who in turn took keen personal interest in fast
production of the book to be part of the teaching material of Mr.
K.N. Rao's fifth visit to USA in November 1995.
To Mr. and Mrs. K. Subhas and his children and their
neighbours in the Saraswati Kunj Complex who looked after me during
the night long sessions I had to spend at the house of my
guide, K.N. Rao when this book was being finalised.
To that unknown generous donor of Calcutta who gifted to K.N.
Rao a laser printer on which this manuscript could be got ready fast
enough to solve a technical problem the floppy of a difficult
programme had created for us.
To my elder Sister, Rekha who helped me understand the finer
etymological nuances of some Sanskrit terms all these months when
I was struggling with some expressions.
To all my colleagues on the teaching faculty of the Bharatiya
Vidya Bhavan's Astrology classes and the group of astrology research
students.