Swami and Naadi Shastra

[Guest guest]

font-weight:bold">SWAMI AND NAADI SHASTRA

font-weight:bold">

Sai Ram

Brothers’ and Sisters’

 

As

suggested in the previous e-mails, I’ll be

posting some information on “Naadi Shastra” and what it tells about

our beloved Swami. As this seems to be bit of a long document wish

to post it in few parts. Hope this will shed some light on the topic.

font-weight:bold">

font-weight:bold">

font-weight:bold">1. “Naadi Shastra” means :

font-weight:bold">

color:navy;background:yellow;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal">Naadi

font-weight:bold"> in Tamil means “

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy;background:yellow">in search of”.

bold"> It is believed that an individual goes in search of his details of his

past and seeks to know more of the unknown future. Hence it is a search. The

origins of the Naadi Shastra (energy-channel treatises) are shrouded in the

mists of time. This marvelous system of prediction has been used to give

reliable guidance for many centuries: knowledge about ourselves (past and

future), our relationships and our destinies. Research

shows that this system has been in use for at least 4000 years, since the

treatises were first written (on palm leaf scrolls) in Sanscrit, the

predominant language of ancient India. The original transmission was by

oral means, before the committal of the texts to writing.

text-align:justify">

bold">The predictions in the Naadis are in a commentary form, though

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">in “Shiva

Naadi” these predictions are presented as conversations between Lord

Shiva and Mata Parvathi, expressing their concern for and blessings on their

devotees.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">2. Written by :

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy;font-weight:bold">The shastras are

believed to have been first composed long long ago

yellow">by the Sapta Rishis (the great seven sages) -- Agasthya, Kausika,

Vyasa, Bohar, Bhrigu, Vasishtha and Valmiki. It is said that the sages

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy;font-weight:bold">had written the life

patterns of each person on palm leaves using their yogic and intuitive powers.

bold"> The primary centre for Naadi Shastra is in Vaitheeswaran Kovil, near

Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India.

Here Lord Shiva is said to have assumed the role of a Vaidhya (a doctor), who alleviated

the misseries of his devotees.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy;font-weight:bold">

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy;font-weight:bold">Nadi Jothidam is a

traditional skill popular here. Until the 1930's, Naadi

remained an ancient legacy, hardly used or even comprehended by the majority of

Hindu Astrologers.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy;font-weight:bold">

bold">

text-align:justify">

bold">3. Preserved by :

text-align:justify">

bold">The preservation of the Naadi palm leaves and the translation from

Sanskrit into the Tamil language was undertaken on a large scale during the

regime of the Kings of Tanjore (9th-13th Century AD). When the leaves started

disintegrating with age, the Tanjore rulers appointed scholars to rewrite them

on fresh ola (palm leaves). Some of the Naadi Granthas were also translated

into another South Indian language, Telugu. The Maratha king Sarabhoji and the

Chola kings patronized these translations

color:navy">.

text-align:justify">

bold">Each Naadi is made up of a particular ola or palm leaf, written in vatta

elathu, Tamil script, with a sharp, nail-like instrument called eluthani. The

palm leaves are preserved by rubbing peacock oil on auspicious occasions. These

palm leaves are still preserved in the

Saravasti Mahal library of Tanjore, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

text-align:justify">

bold">

--- To be continued ---

text-align:justify">Sai Ram

text-align:justify">Shivathmika

text-align:justify">

bold">

text-align:justify">

bold">

10.0pt;font-family:Arial">

Attachment: (image/jpeg) image002.jpg [not stored]