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April 11, 2016 By Sachin Malhotra

Jaimini  is one of the most intricate system of Hindu astrology. The Jaimini system or Jaimini
Jyotish marks a significant departure from the canons of Parashari  which is the most popular
and preferred system of horoscope reading among Vedic astrologers in India. However, it can
not be maintained that Jaimini and Parashari are at complete variance from each other as
the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS)   itself contains the basic rules of Jaimini yogas and
dashas in great details.  The Parashara Hora Shastra has given the fundamental rules of
Jaimini aspects, Arudha  or Pada, Argalas, Karakamsha, Jaimini Yogas, determination of
longevity and various Jaimini dashas in its early chapters.

Many savants of Hindu astrology believes that Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra is the
compilation of all the astrological knowledge in India available at that time. Interestingly
apart from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra only the Jataka Tattva  and Vriddhayavana have
some references about Jaimini astrology. The other major classics of Hindu astrology like
Brihat Jataka, Sarawali, Phaladeepika, Prashna Marga, Hora Saar, Jataka Bharanam, Shambhu
Hora Prakasha etc. do not have any mention about techniques of Jaimini system. Perhaps this
was for the reason that Jaimini system may not have been very popular and was only consider
as merely an off-shoot of Parashari system. As per many scholars of modern times the Jaimini
system only compliments the Parashari system which holds the top most importance in the
practice of Hindu astrology.

I got interested in Jaimini astrology in 2008 when i was in the  astrology research class of Shri
K.N. Rao at the Institute of Astrology Bharitiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. I had completed my

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Jyotish Acharya with gold medal in the summer of 2008 and later joined the research batch
of Shri K.N.Rao who taught us his composite method of astrological predictions. Around that
time i started reading various versions of Jaimini Sutra available in the market.  In March
2009 my book “Predicting through Jaimini’s Navamsha Dasha” was released which was
written under the guidance of my teacher Shri K.N.Rao.

In this small write-up i will discuss about some of the important books on Jaimini astrology.

1. Jaimini Sutram by Professor P.S. Sastri: This is the only translation of Jaimini Sutra
which contain 4 Chapters in 936 Sutras (Aphorisms). All the other translators of Jaimini
has deal with only 2 Chapters available in the manuscripts. It is believed that there
were 8 Chapters in the Jaimini Maharishi’s Upadesha Sutras but presently only 4
Chapters have been found and the rest are lost. This book by Professor P.S. Sastri is in
English and contains 329 example charts in South Indian format. These charts have Rasi
and Navamsha along with planetary longitudes. So if you are well versed with English
and can read horoscope cast in South-Indian format then this could be a very good book
for you to read on Jaimini astrology.

2.      Predicting through Karakamsha & Jaimini’s Mandook Dasha:- This is a great research

of Shri K.N. Rao who has lucidly explain the use of Karakamsha and Swamsha with examples.
The author has also discuss the controversies about Pada or Arudha lagna calculations and
some dark areas of Jaimini system like Argalas, longevity calculation,  Nirayan Shoola dasha,
Dwara and Bahya Rashis, Hora lagna, rules of calculating Brahma, Rudra and Maheshwara etc.
The Mandooka dasha of Jaimini has been taught with very good predictive techniques in this
book. This is a must read book for every student of Jaimini system.

3. Predicting through Jaimini’s Chara dasha:  This is another great work by Shri K.N. Rao
who has shown in this book how 7 Chara Karakas , not 8 as some wrongly do, should be used
in making predictions in Jaimini system. The Chara dasha is the king of Rashi dashas in
Jaimini as Vimshottari is the king of Nakshatra dasha in Parashari system. In this book Shri
K.N. Rao has also discuss about some of the abstruseness in the translations of Jaimini system
available to us.

4. Jaimini Sutras by B.Suryanarain Rao: This is the oldest commentary of Jaimini Sutras in

English. This book was written by the grandfather of Dr.B.V. Raman. In the present edition
notes has been given by Dr. B.V. Raman to explain the Sutras of 2 chapters of Jaimini.

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However, this book don’t contain any practical examples.

5. Studies in Jaimini Astrology by B.V. Raman: This book authored by legendary Dr.Raman is

based on his own practical experiences in Jamini astrology. Some of the concepts in this book
like adding one year for exalted planet in case of Chara dasha and subtracting one year if the
planet is in its debilitation are confusing and don’t work in practical circumstances. The
method of calculating Trikona dasha, Nirayan Shoola dasha, Brahma, Rudra and Maheshwara
are also not correct in this book.

6. Jaimini Sutramritam by Iranganti Rangacharya:  This is the English translation of two

chapters of Jaimini Sutras by a great scholar of Hindu astrology. In this commentary of
Jaimini there are practical examples to explain the techniques of this system which is a
handicap in understanding this book. I would rate Professor P.S. Sastry’s Jaimini Sutram in
English better than this book.

7. A Manual of Jaimini Astrology by Iranganti Rangacharya:  This book is written for the
purpose of explaining the Jaimini Sutramritam by the same author. The aspects, argalas,
arudhas, raja yogas, ayur dasha, phalitha dasha etc. have been explain in this book but again
there are no practical examples there.

8. Jyotisha Phala Ratna Mala by Iranganti Rangacharya: This book is an English translation

of Krishna Mishra’s work Phala Ratna Mala. It is said that Krishna Mishra was astrologer in the
court of great King Vikramaditya. This work of Krishna Mishra was said to be containing 2000
Slokas in 30 chapters. Only 23 chapters are available at present which has been translated by
author with his notes. This book is mainly for the advance researches of Jaimini system.

9. Jaimini Sutram in Hindi by Pandit Sitaram Sharma : This Hindi translation of Jaimini
Sutram published by Chaukhamba Vidya Bhavan Varanasi is a must buy for student of Jaimini
astrology. Only two chapters have been deal in this work with lucid translation but it also
lack practical examples.

10. Jaimini Sutrayani in Hindi published by Shri Khemraj Shri Krishnadas , Venketshwar
Press Mumbai : It is the best Hindi translation of Jaimini Sutras available in the market. The
author have also given some footnotes in this book which explain the Jaimini techniques
given in Vriddhakarikas.

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