Sreenath O.G. Indian Astrology (A collection of astrological articles)

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very large text containing 60 chapters and is in Prakrit.
thought to be a native of Karnataka. In this text he mentions an
ancient acharya of astrology called Sugreeva Rishi as the origi-
Kalakacharya
nator of Prasna system giving importance to 8 directions (Dwajadi
He is well known among the gurus of Jain school of astrology.
Yoni). He calls it Aya and that is why the name Aya Jchana
He was the son of King Vayara singh who was the king of
Tilak (the texts which tells about the use of Aya in prediction)..
Dharavas city. His mothers name was Surasundari and sister s
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Other Jain astrologers
Yavana School of Astrology
Durga dev who wrote astrological texts like Ardha Kand and
There is a controversy about the meaning of the word Yavana.
Rishta Samuchaya, Mallishena who wrote Aya sadbhava , Ballala
Modern historians almost always erroneously take Yavana to
sena who wrote the Samhita text called Adbhuta sagar etc are
mean Greek . Of course Greeks where called Yavana by Indians
the followers of Jain school of astrology. Actually this list is very
for a long time, and so it is not completely wrong to take Yavana
long and you can have a list of it from the text Bharateeya Joytish
to mean Greek if one is talking about the a limited historic pe-
by Nemichandra Sastri . The text Adbhuta Sagar demands spe-
riod, i.e. Period after the invasion of Alexander. But when we look
cial mention, because this text is a collection of slokas by great
at the literature, we see that the word Yavana is used to indicate
ancient acharyas such as, Garga, Vridha Garga, Mihira, Parasara,
Pharsi or Persian in several instances. The popular definition of
Devala, Vasanta raja, Kasyapa, Yevaneswara, Mayoora chitra,
this word, supported by classics is that, any person who is not a
Rishiputra, Brahma gupta, Maha balabhadra, Poulisa, Surya (Surya
native of India and does follow our custom and tradition is called
sidhanta), Vishnu Chandra and the like. It contains more than 4000
Yavana. So the point to be kept in
slokas. Existence of texts like this also means that the whole astro-
mind is that-
logical knowledge taught by the Rishis is not yet totally lost, and
" The Yavana has some link outside India
if someone is willing to selectively collect Rishi slokas from such
" Their tradition and system is slightly different than ours.
texts, and present it before all in a systematic manner, the original
" The heir (sons and daughters) and successors of a Yavana
stream of ancient Indian astrology can be restored. One thing I
(Guru-sishya paramapara) would be termed Yavana .
should mention here is that, there were many astrologers who fol-
The 3rd point is often ignored by even the learned. It essen-
lowed the Jain religion. But it may not be necessary that all of
tially means that at times even people who were and born and
them were the followers of Jain school of astrology. This truth
lived in India, and even followed the Indian custom and tradition
also should be kept in mind while trying to study the astrological
where termed Yavana only because, they were the descendents
system of thought taught by the Jain school of astrology. The an-
of Yavana. Before the arrival of Greeks it was Persian peoples
cient language Prakrit is a vast store house of ancient astrological
who were known by the word Yavana , and even before that?
knowledge and ancient Rishi hora slokas. It is another treasure
Yes, at that time it could mean even people from Afghanistan ,
house where too we should concentrate our search upon.
China , or Egypt , i.e. any where outside India or their descen-
Ref: 1) Bharateeya Jyotish by Nemichandra Sastri
dants or followers (students).
2) Bharateeya Jyotisha Sastretihas by Acharya Lokamani
Dahal
Yavaneswara
This article is very long by now itself and therefore I conclude.
Someone in ancient past brought some new knowledge of as-
Hope this might have stirred your interest in Jain school of astrol-
trology to India. It was even before the period of Parasara (1400
ogy, and would provide clues and guidance for further study.
BC), and this great scholar gets mentioned by Parasara, Narada,
Kasyapa and many more. He must have been an astonishing store
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house of knowledge, and well versed in Sanskrit, even the Rishis
stands tall and unique even among the peaks!
considered him as an Rishi.
Yavanewara Hora is the text known by his name. His succes-
His great knowledge, made Rishi Garga speak out-
sors (sishya parampara) like Sphujidwaja, Meena raja amply quotes
from this text. Later day scholars like Mihira too quotes him and
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