SOME QUESTIONS

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Please answer the curiosities of the forwarded E-mail from

Australia.Thanks,

Sincerely,Deen B. ChandoraAugust 29, 1999.

 

Dr. Sahab,Pl respond as you feel...

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Amitabh 770-465-4667

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

naditraditions.

(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: bpittar-

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