Dasadhyayi

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Dasadhyayi (Devanāgarī: दशा यायी, IAST: Daśādhyāyī) is the famous

reputed commentary on the first ten chapters of Varāha Mihira’s Bṛhat Dasadhyayai
Jātaka by Govinda Bhaṭṭathiri (1237 – 1295) of Talakkulam who hailed Author Govinda Bhattathiri (1237
from Alattur, a village near Thirur in South Malabar, Kerala,[1][2] and – 1295)
who had also written Muhūrtapadavī.[3] This text was regularly studied Country India
and memorised along with Bṛhat Jātaka[4] and its interpretation of terms
Language Sanskrit
readily accepted.[5]
Subject Astrology
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: अदृ वा यो दशा याय फलमादे टु िम छित । इ छ ये व समु य तरणं स लवं िवना ॥३२॥
IAST: adṛṣṭvā yo daśādhyāyīṃ phalamādeṣṭumicchati । icchatyeva samudrasya taraṇaṃ sa
plavaṃ vinā ॥32॥

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]

References
1. E.Easwaran Nampoothiry. Sanskrit Literature of Kerala (https://books.google.com/books?ei=JwCzUP7g
MMjTrQeFsYHgCw&id=1rsZAAAAMAAJ&dq=author+of+dasadhyayi&q=+dasadhyayi#search_ancho
r). College Book House. p. 23.
2. P.D.Sharma. Hindu Astrology (https://books.google.com/books?id=SKLmXFJ0nU8C&pg=PA158&dq=D
asadhyayi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pOOyUKnRMcTXrQe544CYBA&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=
Dasadhyayi&f=false). Global Vision Publishing House. p. 158.
3. T.K.Krishna Menon. Primer of Malayalam Literature (https://books.google.com/books?id=R9GbBVfrm4
gC&pg=PA20&dq=dasadhyayi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aviyUMnGN8PKrAfnqoHQAQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEw
Bw#v=onepage&q=dasadhyayi&f=false). Asian Educational Services. p. 20.
4. Astrological Magazine Vol.89 (https://books.google.com/books?id=oKB-AAAAMAAJ&q=dasadhyayi&
dq=dasadhyayi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aviyUMnGN8PKrAfnqoHQAQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw). Bangalore:
Raman Publications. p. 86,469.
5. Prithuyasas. Hora Sara (https://books.google.com/books?id=Sg8YAAAAIAAJ&q=dasadhyayi&dq=dasa
dhyayi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aviyUMnGN8PKrAfnqoHQAQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ). New Delhi: Ranjan
Publications. p. 24/25.
6. C.K.Sujai Kumar. A critical study of Dasadhyayi on Brihatjataka (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handl
e/10603/5690). Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit. p. 140,330,606.
 7. Bangalore Venkata Raman. Prasna Marga (Part-2) (https://books.google.com/books?id=LkKHbcGEmP
QC&pg=PA21&dq=Dasadhyayi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pOOyUKnRMcTXrQe544CYBA&ved=0CDEQ6A
EwAA#v=onepage&q=Dasadhyayi&f=false). New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 21.
8. M.R.Bhat. Essentials of Horary Astrology (https://books.google.com/books?id=ItY0V3LUZscC&pg=PR
21&lpg=PR21&dq=dasadhyayi&source=bl&ots=XrJd1s7HYz&sig=UVR7NQxuHYfJTfvYpg8yUWgxF
1M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9OmyUJT5MYPJrAePwYG4BQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=dasa
dhyayi&f=false). New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. p. xxi.

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