Jataka Bharanam

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Jataka Bharanam

Author Dundiraja

Country India

Language Sanskrit

Subject Astrology

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Jataka Bharanam [1] is an old treatise on Hindu astrology mainly dealing with the Phalita i.e. predictive
astrology. This Sanskrit text [2] is believed to have been written by Dhundiraja, the commentator
of Mudrarakshasa, sometime during the 15th Century A.D.[3]Dhundiraja lived in Parthanagar near River
Godavari.[4] It is one of the many time honoured important Indian Classics on astrology [5] that has been relied
upon and frequently cited.[6][7]

This book, written in the usual Sanskrit verse-format and comprising 1744 verses divided into 26 adhyayas,
minutely covers the entire ambit of Jyotisa. Beginning with a prayer and after making a few preliminary
suggestions (22 verses) Dundiraja in its first section commences with the results of the Birth-samvatsaras (60
verses), of the two Ayanas (2 verses), of Ritus (6 verses), of Birth-months (13 verses), of Lunar Pakshas (2
verses), of day and night births (2 verses), of Janam-tithis (15 verses), of Weekdays (7 verses),
ofNakshatras (53 verses), of Navamsas rising at the time of birth (9 verses), of Yogas (Soli-lunar) (27 verses),
of Karanas (11 verses), of Gandanta (1 verse), of Ganas (3 verses), of 12 lagnas (12 verses), observation on
all afore-mentioned (12 verses), on short and long Rasis (2 verses), and on 12 bhavas along with description of
special nature of planets and various yogas (143 verses). In the second section he deals with the nine planets
occupying the 12 bhavas (108 verses). In the third section he deals with astrological aspects and their results
(325 verses), with the nine planets variously occupying 12 signs (85 verses), with Sarvatobhadra chakra etc.,
(22 verses), with Gochara and Ashtakavarga ( 29 verses), and with conjunctions of planets (59 verses). This is
followed by the Raja yogaadhyaya (80 verses), Raja yoga bhanga adhyaya (6 verses), Panch Mahapurusha
yogaadhyaya (18 verses), Karaka yoga adhyaya (6 verses), Nabhasa yoga adhyaya (48 verses),
Rashmijatakadhyaya (18 verses), Planetary avasthas (10 verses) and Sthanadiyuktagrahphalam (8 verses).
These are followed by yogas taking the Sun and the Moon as factors (18 verses), Sanyasa yogas (11 verses),
Arishta yogas (51 verses), Arishtabhangadhyaya (15 verses), and Sarvagraharishtadhyaya (21 verses). This
book also deals with Rasi Dashas (147 verses), Mahadashadhyaya (13 verses) and Antradashadhyaya (74
verses). Thereafter, it covers Danas (10 verses), Nashjatakadhyaya (14 verses), Death (112 verses) and
Strijataka (32 verses). This book written in chaste Sanskrit omits mention of the two Lunar Nodes, Rahu and
Ketu. [8]

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ Jatindrabimal Chaudhuri. Khan Khanan Abdur Rahim, 1557 A.D.- 1630 A.D. and contemporary

Sanskrit learning 1551-1650 A.D.(1954 ed.). p. 111.

2. Jump up^ Dhundiraja. "Jataka Bharanam" (1951 ed.). Varanasi: Jaikrishan Haridass Gupta.
 3. Jump up^ "Ancient Indian Astrology Classes". p. 21 of AIAC Vol.I.

4. Jump up^ Dhundiraja. Jataka Bharanam (with translation and commentary by Pt. Shyam Lal Gaur).

Mumbai: Sri Venkatesa Steam Press. p. 3.

5. Jump up^ David Pingree. Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit: Series A. p. 163.

6. Jump up^ Kalyanavarma. Saravali (1983 ed.). New Delhi: Ranjan Publications. p. 179/228.

7. Jump up^ Hart De Fouw. Light on Life:An Introduction to the Astrology of India. Lotus Press. p. 101.

8. Jump up^ Dhundiraja. Jatakabharana (With translation and commentary by Pt. Shyam Lal Gaur). Mumbai:

Sri Venkateswara Steam Press.

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Dasadhyayi (Devanāgarī: दशाध्यायी, IAST: Daśādhyāyī), is the famous reputed commentary on the first
ten chapters of Varāha Mihira’s Bṛhat Jātaka by Govinda Bhaṭṭathiri (1237 – 1295) of Talakkulam who
hailed from Alattur, a village near Thirur in South Malabar, Kerala,[1][2] and who had also
written Muhūrtapadavī.[3] This text was regularly studied and memorised along with Bṛhat Jātaka[4] and its
interpretation of terms readily accepted.[5]

Daśādhyāyī was primarily written by Govinda Bhattathiri in simple language and style for the benefit of his
own disciples, and is based on experimentation and observation; he has focussed on prediction and
profusely quoted sources but he has followed more the views of Sārāvalī on which basis he has also
criticized Varāhamihira.[6]With regard to the value and importance of Daśādhyāyī, which commentary is
the foremost amongst the twenty-eight commentaries on Bṛhat Jātaka, Harihara, the author of Praśna
Mārga, states that -

Sanskrit: अअअअअअअअअ अअ अअअअअअअअअअ अअअअअअअअअअअअअअअअअ अ अअअअअअअअअ

अअअअअअअअअ अअअअ अ अअअअअ अअअअ अअअअ
IAST: adṛṣṭvā yo daśādhyāyīṃ phalamādeṣṭumicchati अ icchatyeva samudrasya taraṇaṃ sa plavaṃ vinā
अ32अ

English Translation by Dr. B.V Raman:

“One, who attempts to predict without the Daśādhyāyī, would be like a man trying to cross an ocean
without a boat.”

– Praśna Mārga: Importance of Varāhamihira, Śloka 32, Prathamādhyāya - Chapter 1.

According to Dr. B.V Raman, Govinda Bhattathiri has very intelligently tried to read some secret or hidden
meanings into Varāhamihira’s writings other than they would ordinarily imply. [7] However, M.Ramkrishna
Bhatt is of the opinion that either the author of Daśādhyāyī was Govinda Bhattathiri and the author of
Nauka some other writer who is not yet known, or Govinda Bhattathiri did not write Daśādhyāyī. [8]

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··Chamatkara Chintamani is a revered treatise on the predictive part of Hindu astrology. It comprises
one hundred and eight Sanskrit Slokas written by Bhatta Narayana. Brij Behari Lal Sharma, the modern
translator and commentator of this treatise, writes that it was probably written in the 14th Century A.D.
and that the author belonged to a Brahminfamily hailing from Maharashtra which had settled
in Mysore, Karnataka.[1] This text is also known as Bhava Chintamani.

Chamatkara Chintamani is a Jyotihśāstra and a reference book, in which Bhatta Narayana, through one
hundred eight slokas arranged in nine chapters with each chapter dedicated to each one of the nine
planets, gives effects of each planet in each one of the twelve houses/rasi with reference to its location
from other planets.[2] Each sloka reads the influence of a particular planet in a particular house
irrespective of the sign falling on that house.[3]

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1. ^ Brij Behari Lal Sharma. Chamatkara Chintamani of Bhatta Narayana (2001 8th ed.). New Delhi: Motilal

Banarsidass. p. iv.

2. Jump up^ "Vedic Astrology Reference Books".

3. Jump up^ Chamatkar Chintamani. New Delhi: Sagar Publications.

Jataka Parijata [1] is an ancient astrological classic that is ranked alongside Bṛhat Parāśara
Horāśāstra of Parāśara Muni, Bṛhat Jātaka of Varāhamihira and Phaladīpikāḥ ofMantreśvara. [2] It is
regularly studied as a text-book and a reliable reference-book, and is one of the few books that gives time
on the nativity, the other two being Horā Ratnaṃ andJātaka Bharaṇaṃ. [3]

Jataka Parijata (Devanāgarī: जातक पारिजात, IAST: jātaka pārijāta) is written in Sanskrit in the
usual Śloka-format. Its author, Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita, was probably born c.1425-1450.[4] Many noted
scholars and authors like - V.Subramanya Sastri, G.S.Kapoor, Gopesh Kumar Ojha, Bangalore Venkata
Raman, [5] Bepin Behari, [6]Gayatri Vasudev, [7]S.S.Chaterjee, [8] Ernst Wilhelm, Hart De Fouw, Arthur
Llewellyn Basham, Komilla Sutton[9] - have translated and written commentaries on Jataka Parijata beside
referring to its contents in their own works.

Jātaka Pārijāta, according to Gopesh Kumar Ojha, was completed in the year 1347 Śaka/1482 Vikram
Saṃvat i.e. in the year 1426 A.D. It is based on various earlier works such as Garga Horā, Bṛhat
Parāśara Horāśāstra, Śrīpati-Paddhati, Sārāvalī, Bṛhat Jātaka,Sarvārtha Cintāmaṇi etc. Its author,
Vaidyantha,who was a devotee of Ranganatha (LordViṣṇu) and lived in South India in Karṇāṭaka or
Andhra, belonged to the Bharadvāja Gotraand was the son of Veṅkaṭadri. Some scholars are of the
opinion that Vaidyanātha is the same person who wrote Prataprudriya. Keśava Daivajṅa, the author
of Keśava Jātaka andMuhūrta-Tattva, was his disciple. [10]

Jātaka Pārijāta has Eighteen chapters viz. I: Prathamo'dhyāyaḥ – Rāśiśīlādhyāyaḥ (61 verses) or Chapter
on forms of Signs, II: Dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ – Grahasvarūpaguṇādhyāyaḥ (87 verses) or Chapter on nature of
Planets, III: Tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ – Viyonyādijanmādhyāya (80 verses) or Chapter on Births, IV:
Caturtho'dhyāyaḥ – Bālāriṣṭādhyāyaḥ (107 verses) or Chapter on Early Death, V: Pañcamoyo'dhyāyaḥ –
Āyurdāyādhyāyaḥ (124 verses) or Chapter on Longevity, VI: Tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ –
Jātakabhaṅgādhyāyaḥ (102 verses) or Chapter on Miseries and set-backs, VII –Rājayogādhyāyaḥ (181
verses) or Chapter on gain of Rulership and ruling powers, VIII – Dviyadigrhayogādhyāyaḥ (118 verses)
or Chapter on Conjunction etc., of two or more planets, IX – Mandyabdadiphaladhyaya (129 verses) or
Chapter on the role of Māndi etc., X –Aṣṭakavargādhyāyaḥ (72 verses) or Chapter on Aṣṭakavarga
system, XI – Prathamadvityābhāvaphalādhyāyaḥ (96 verses) or Chapter on nature and results on
account of planetary influence etc.,of the Lagna and the 2nd house, XII –
Tṛtyācaturthabhāvaphalādhyāyaḥ (144 verses) or Chapter on nature and results on account of planetary
influence etc.,of the 3rd and the 4th house, XIII –Pañcamaṣaṣṭhabhāvaphalādhyāyaḥ (82 verses) or
Chapter on nature and results on account of planetary influence etc.,of the 5th and the 6th house , XIV –
Saptamāṣṭamnavamabhāvaphalādhyāyaḥ (103 verses) or Chapter on nature and results on account of
planetary influence etc.,of the 7th, the 8th and the 9th house, XV –
Daśamekādaśādvādaśabhāvaphalādhyāyaḥ (83 verses) or Chapter on nature and results on account of
planetary influence etc.,of the 10th, 11th and the 12th house, XVI – Strījātakādhyāyaḥ (54 verses) or
Chapter on Female horoscopy, XVII – Kālacakradaśādhyāya (111 verses) or Chapter on Kālacakradaśā
calculation and results and XVIII –Daśāphalādhyāyaḥ (172+4 verses) Chapter on Uḍudaśās.

These eighteen chapters said to originally contain 1763 ślokas, due to interpolations now consisting of
1910 or 1918 verses, cover the entire range of Hindu astrology based on Parāśarian principles.
Like Bṛhat Jātaka, Jātaka Pārijāta is a condensation of more ancient Hora texts and some later
important works including Bṛhat Jātaka.[11]

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ V.Subramanya Sastri. "Vaidanatha Dikshita’s Jataka Parijata".

2. Jump up^ G.S.Kapoor. "Mantreswara’s Phaladeepika".

3. Jump up^ Ernst Wilhelm. Classical Muhurta. Kala Occult Publishers. p. vii.

4. Jump up^ Arthur Llewellyn Basham. History and Doctrine of Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion. New

Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 184.

5. Jump up^ Bangalore Venkata Raman. How to judge a Horoscope Vol.2. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass

Publishers. p. 349.

6. Jump up^ Bipin Behari. Esoteric Principles of Vedic Astrology. Sterling Publishers (P) Ltd. p. 111.

7. Jump up^ Gayatri Vasudev. The Art of Prediction in Astrology. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.

p. 143.

8. Jump up^ S.S.Chaterjee. Cosmic influences on mind &IQ. Binapani Lahiri. p. 212.

9. Jump up^ "Pushkara: navamsa and bhaga".

10. Jump up^ Vaidyanatha. Jatakaparijata (With translation and commentary by Gopesh Kumar Ojha). Motilal

Banarsidass. p. 5.

11. Jump up^ "Vaidyanātha’s Jātaka Pārijāta".