PHALADEEPIKA

from certain slokasSanskrit verses or stanzas quoted from the Jatakaparijata A classic 15th-century Sanskrit text on astrology. His treatment of Astrology is remarkable in many ways and differs from that of several others. Mantreswara gives a very reasonable exposition of the effects of Transits and of cause and effect flowing from such Transits. We are also indebted to him for the useful information and guidance which he furnishes concerning the effect of BhavasAstrological houses representing different areas of life. His chapter on YogasSpecific planetary combinations that produce particular results is an interesting study of truth. The SarvatobhadrachakraA complex "all-auspicious" chart used for predicting events and analyzing the influence of transits which was referred to only by name in other publications has been very fully explained here.

The sixteenth verse in AdhyayaChapter III which has been till now appearing with two different metres for the former and latter halves finds corrected here. The last verse in the XXXI Chapter which was marked for incompleteness is now printed in its entirety. An index in both English and Sanskrit is also added for easy reference.

I should take this opportunity of expressing my gratitude to Mr. A. S. Sowmyanarayanaiengar of Srirangam (Trichinopoly) for his ready and willing assistance in tracing and supplying some of the missing verses and also the XXVIII chapter. I am thankful to Mr. V. B. Sreekantiah, Proprietor of Messrs. V. B. Soobbiah & Sons for expediting the publication and for his personal attention to the details of printing without which it would have been impossible to undertake or complete this arduous task satisfactorily.

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