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Please answer the curiosities of the forwarded E-mail from Australia.

Thanks,

Sincerely,

Deen B. Chandora

August 29, 1999.

Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:25:44 -0400

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Dr. Sahab,

 

Pl respond as you feel...

 

Warm regards,

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Amitabh

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"Barry Pittard" bpittard

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Fri, 13 Aug 1999 12:22:28 +1000

I am exploring a branch of Indian astrology (Jyotish) called Nadisastra. This

refers to divinatory writings, predictive far into the future of the lives of

individuals destined to have a reading. These writings, often written on a

surface such as palm leaf, are attributed to great sages (often Vedic), such as

Bhrigu, Shuka, Agasthya, and some to deities like Shiva, Ganesha, Surya, Nandi,

Meenakshi, Rajeswari. There are a good many other naadis, often very little

known - e.g., Shukra, Druva, Amsa, Kousika, Koumara, Kakbhusandi, Bhoga,

Pullipani, Vashista, Vishwamitra, Parasara, Sahadeva, Kashyapa ...

Some collections I have personally spent a lot of time exploring. I have also

entered a vast correspondance with many people (mostly Indian or overseas

resident Indian) who have had readings from various nadi collections in various

parts of India. Already, I have collective weighty evidence that some nadis are

astonishingly accurate. One question is to what extent some nadi readers

consciously inject something of their own into a reading. Another concerns

well-meaning but inaccurate translation. One area which needs extensive

research into Tamil history is why nadi jyothisham, mainly in regard to the

Agasthya tradition, is so highly organised and widespread in Tamil Nadu.

This best case accuracy is true of the predictions for one's future, but there

is more than this. One's nadi can be identified and brought from a naadi

library (which are in the keeping of traditional families who strictly hold on

to them) by means, e.g., only of the taking of an intending subject's thumb

print (female, left; male, right), or by the measuring of one's shadow.

Observing some fundamental rules of empirical validation, I have been able, a

great many times, to confirm that by such means alone, a subject can find a

reading in his or her own name(s), date of birth, parent name(s), spouse's

name, uniquely referring bio-data. There is past life and future life (if any)

data. One way of confirming past life material is to compare a subject's

readings in different nadi traditions.

(I should point out, too, that fraudulence - sometimes highly expert - is also

encountered in some places, and my work has been able to document various

methods by which this is effected).

Another question is whether - and if so, to what degree - a great sage (past or

present) could manage to be so incredibly correct in being able to predict at

such a profound level. Was astrology the means? Or was it superabundant yogic

power?

To assist my study (which is a long-term one), I trust you will be able (as so

many respondants have already so tremendously well done) to let me know any

thoughts, findings, experiences, and also pass my query to to friends,

associates, etc.

Barry Pittard (Australia)

Email: bpittard (AT) beachaccess (DOT) com.au

Snailmail: c/o McIvor, Hunchy Road, Hunchy. Queensland. Australia 4555. Phone: 61 7 5442 9597