Jatak Tatvam  (Paperback, V.S.Sastri)

I have great pleasure in being able to present before the public one more monumental work-Jataka Tatva (tkrdrRo) which I think will prove a useful addition to the student of Astrology. That Astrology is a boat necessary to save mankind from the dangers which come unnoticed, cannot be denied. Vaidyanatha Dikshita rightly observes in his Jatakaparijata as follows: Artharjane Sahayah Purushanamapadharnave potah. There is nothing in the world like a horoscope to help men in the acquisition of wealth, to save them like a boat in a sea of troubles and to serve them as a guide in-their journeys.\" This school of thought was kept in vogue in ancient Hindu system of education, wherein a Brahmin, before entering the portals of married life, should necessarily undergo tuition in the four Vedas and the Shad Angas (six Angas) Shiksha Kalpo Vyakranam Niruktam Jyotishana Gati.