Astrology recorded in historical documents.

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Respected Members;

May be this could be helpful for vedic asttrology scholars and students;

 

I found some material interesting for astrology students while studying History

of Punjab.

The Books BLOODBATH AFTER MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH and MAHARAJA AND THE KOHINOOR by

Shri Avtar Singh Gill refer to a book UMDAT UT TWARIKH by Lala Sohan Lal Suri

who was the Vakil And Waqai Nawis (recorder of day to day events) of the Lahore

Durbar.

1. Sohan Lal studied the book JAMAI-I-BEHIQI and found the influence of the

planet corresponding to the horoscope of Maharaja that " whoever falls in the 5th

column of utraid, paralysis of tounge afflicts him.

2. on june 1839 Sohan lal told Bhai Gobind Ram that entry into Lahore on the

8th point under Venus in the estimate about the ascendant star was very bad and

ominous on which he produced a wrinkle on his forehead, expressing his worry,

but Sohan Lal informed him that all other moments were very good for entering,

but the presence of ASVADULLAUN (black colour) must precede it, adding that it

did not guarantee physical health of the Maharaja. The maharaja had however

entered the city.

Now onwards Maharaja refers to Kharak Singh successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

…Accordingly, Lala Sohan lal was sent for from Lahore to Amritsar…… he inspected

the condition of the disposition and examined the influence of the planets, and

discovered that the influence of the disease was strong and the temperament was

weak. He was deputed to treat the maharaja earnestly and the latter awarded him

a village near Lahore against the payment of one thousand per year. The

physician astrologer however, apologized that he would do so after the passing

of the month of kartik i.e middle of nov 1840. he instructed that only a paltry

sum of Rs 40 or 50 should be spent daily on sweatmeats etc. in connection with

the worship of the planets and must be distributed among the really poor and

needy. In the book written by Kaul Nain son of sohan lal astronomer, it was

recorded that when the horoscope of one's birth and the horoscope of the

beginning of any year of anyone corresponds to eclipse, the cup of the life of

that person begins to overflow.As an eclipse took place on February 17, 1840

(phagan 8) and the beginning of the new year of the life of the maharaja fell on

February 21 (phagan 12) when the day was to have advanced about 7 hours, and the

ascendant star was going to enter Sagittarius, therefore, its various positions

were recorded. The ascendant star in Combust pointed out that the cup of life of

one born under its influence was to overflow………………because the first column

pointed to the corpus and corpus meant body and so it pointed out that the body

of the maharaja would be destroyed because at that time he was under the

ascendant star in combust. They further remarked that it would be an ominous

year for the kunwar as well , on account of 2 reasons.

1. the ascendant star of the kanwar was also at that time in combust

2. the horoscope of the year had also been extracted at that time.

the sketch prepared at that time was recorded by lala sohan lal suri in the

Persian work of umdat-ut-tawarikh.

Maharaja expired on nov 5, 1840, and the kanwar naunihal singh was murdered soon

after cremation of maharaja.

Regards.

Kulbir.