Nadi Sastra

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Dear Friends,

 

I have received the following email from one of my friends, asking for any

help I can provide. I thought someone who has better knowledge in the group

would be in a position to clarify or explain or provide his thoughts on this

subject, hence has taken the liberty of posting it on this list.

 

Thanks for your enthusiastic participation in advance.

 

Ravi Janak.

 

PS: Sanjay, Many Happy Returns of the Day.

 

-Original Message-----

> Barry Pittard [sMTP:bpittard]

> Thursday, August 12, 1999 10:26 PM

> Sanjay Sehgal

> Subject:

>

> 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

>

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