Mantra Śāstra: A Few Principles for Remedies[1]
A Study of Rāvaṇa’s Uḍḍiśa Tantra Gati: The Direction of the Mind (Moon) Once upon a time, many eons ago,…
Venus in Relationships
sukhī kāntavapuḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sulocano bhṛgoḥ sutaḥ| kāvyakartā kaphādhikyo’nilātmā vakramūrdhajaḥ|| Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śastra, Grahaguṇasvarūpādhyāya The King of the Watery…
Mantra Bhāva
The Fifth House yantra-mantrau tathā vidyāṁ buddheścaiva prabandhakam| putrarājyāpabhraṁśādīn paśyet putrālayād budhaḥ|| —-BPHS, Bhāvavivekādhyāyah, Shl. 6 putrādaivamahīṣaputrapitṛdhīpuṇyāni sañcintayet… …
The Moon and Venus
Śukra as the Lord of Jala Tattva Venus is the significator of desire and rules love, affection, marriage, and romantic…
Foundation of Jyotiṣa I: Guṇas
एकोऽव्यक्तात्मको विष्णुर्नादिः प्रभुरीश्वरः। शुद्धसत्व जगत्स्वामी निर्गुणास्त्रिगुणान्वितः॥ eko’vyaktātmako viṣṇurnādiḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ| śuddhasatvao jagatsvāmī nirguṇāstriguṇānvitaḥ|| …
Sakti: Power Immanent
The late C. V. Seshadri, while discussing the concept of energy, wrote, “many concepts that are accepted as absolutely…
Bhāva Kārakatva
Parāśara, in his monumental work, the Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra has identified two categories of celestial bodies, moving (cara) and…
The Kāla Cakra
Introduction The Sun, resplendent and glorious in his twelve forms, as the ruler of the day and the lord of…
Puruṣottama-Mahātmyaṁ
Skanda Purāṇam Viṣṇukhaṇḍa Translated by Sarbani Rath Chapter 1 Once, the sages gathered around maharṣi Jaimini and addressed him, “…
Śrī Rāma Mantras
In the Nārada purāṇa Sanat Kumār teaches, that among the mantras of Gaṇeśa, Śivā, Durgā, Sūrya, Viṣṇu, the Vaiṣṇava mantras…
