Contents. Structure Brihat Jataka is considered a standard textbook on, and sometimes described as 'India's foremost astrological text'. The work covers the wide and complex range of predictive astrology. The brevity employed in its composition is noteworthy. In an article titled 'On the Authenticity of the (Modern) Brhat Parasara Hora Sastra' published in the July and August 2009 issues of The Astrological Magazine, Bengaluru, the Vedic astrologer Shyamasundaradasa writes that one was not considered a scholar of jyotish unless he had memorized Brihat Jataka and Prasna Marga not Brhat Parasara Hora Sastra. Brihat Jataka was considered to be a jewel among astrological literature and indeed in my early days of study there were many translations and commentaries on Varahamihira's Brhat Jataka.In South India Brihat Jataka (and its commentaries) is held in the highest esteem,not BPHS.
Jataka Stories in Theravada Buddhism: Narrating the. This book explores the shifting role of the stories in Buddhist doctrine, practice, and creative expression, finally placing this integral Buddhist genre back in the centre of scholarly understandings of the religion.
Because of its many ancient commentaries by Bhattotpala and others especially the Dasadhyayi of Talakkulathur Govindam Bhattathiri. The classic text of Vaidyanatha has word for word borrowed several verses of Brihat Jataka to explain and/or illustrate its view-points etc. Chapters The original text, written in chaste, consists of more than 407 or that comprise 28 chapters. Chapter I: Untitled; begins with a prayer and then proceeds to give explanation of various technical terms and concepts used in respect of planets and zodiacal signs. Chapter II: Grahayoni Prabheda or Planetary natures; this chapter explains the characteristics, qualities, natures, positions, significance and relations of planets, their aspects, sources of strength, etc.
Chapter III: Viyoni Janama Adhyaya or Manifold births; deals with births of birds, animals and trees. Ronnie Gale Dreyer (1 May 1997). Retrieved 26 October 2012. recommended. Delhi Kendra.
Retrieved October 27, 2012. Ronnie Gale Dreyer (1 May 1997).
Weiser Books. Shyamasundara Dasa. Retrieved October 27, 2012. Translated and commented by V.S.Shastri. Retrieved October 27, 2012. 'Adhyaya VI – Marring of a Horoscope – Six slokas, viz Nos.
48, 49, 50, 52, 99 and 100 have been taken from Brihat Jataka.' Retrieved 26 October 2012.
Shyamasundara Dasa. Retrieved October 27, 2012. Published in 2007 by CHB Publications, Nagercoil, India. India as seen in the Brhatsamhita of Varahamihira of A.M.Shastri published in 1969 by Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi. pages 156 to 159 of his translation of Brihat Jataka. Mohan Lal (1 January 2006).
Retrieved 24 October 2012. Published by Ams Press, New York. 1974 Edition. The Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira.