''Jatakalankara'' is a brief

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treatise comprising one hundred twenty-five slokas or verses on the predictive part of

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written in the classic Sloka format in the Srgdhara meter. It was written by Poet Ganesa, son of Gopal Das (who was the second son of Kanhaji, and who was himself an accomplished poet, dramatist, artist and mathematician), in the year 1613 and describes many

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-formations that have immediate bearing on various aspects of human life. Ganesha wrote this treatise to please his

Guru Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential ...

Shiva Its first translation into English was probably published, along with the original text, in 1941 by Sri Vijay Lakshmi Vilas Press. Ganesa examined the planetary influences on the health of individuals while observing that ''ritualistic remedia scriptures, medical and astronomico-astrological texts of instruction are propitiable as well as religious scriptures..'' At the International Sanskrit Conference it was brought on record that Ganesa, son of Gopala, wrote this treatise in Vrddhapura (Vadanagara). This work describing numerous planetary combinations yogas, some unique, some auspicious and other inauspicious, is divided into seven Adhyayas or chapters, viz – 1) Sangyadhyaya (12 stanzas) dealing with preliminaries, 2) Bhavadhyaya (38 stanzas) dealing with nature, characteristics and results of 12 bhavas i.e. houses, 3) Yogadhyaya (34 stanzas) dealing with planetary combinations and their results, 4) Vishakanyadhyaya (4 stanzas) dealing with combinations which indicate birth of Vishakanyas (inauspicious women), 5) Ayurdayadhyaya (23 stanzas) dealing with longevity, 6) Vaiparityasthadhyaya (9 stanzas) dealing with mutual exchange of signs by planets, and 7) Vanshadhyaya (5 stanzas) dealing with basic information about this text and its author. Its author, Ganesa, belonging to the

Bhardwaja Bharadvaja ( sa, भरद्वाज, IAST: ; also spelled Bharadwaja) was one of the revered Vedic sages ( maharishi) in Ancient India. He was a renowned scholar, economist, grammarian and physician. He is one of the Saptarishis (seven grea ...

Gotra, was the son of Gopaldas. He wrote and completed this work in a village named Suryapur in the month of Bhadrapada

Saka year The Shaka era (IAST: Śaka, Śāka) is a historical Hindu calendar era (year numbering), the epoch (its year zero) of which corresponds to Julian year 78. The era has been widely used in different regions of India as well as in SE Asia. Hist ...

1536 (1613 CE).

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