Prishtodaya signs in Narayan Dasa book

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Dear learned friends

 

I just started reading Mr Rath's new Narayan Dasa (book). And many many

things are starting to become much clearer; tho much fog obviously remains.

 

One of the questions I had once asked the List was to do with the rule

about the 3 parts of a dasa as ruled by the rasi, the lord, & the planets

affecting the rasi respectively. The main text & the FAQ at the end of the

book has clarified much of the confusion on that. However, there is a

crease.

 

In the rule about maelfic signs giving their results at the end, etc etc,

Mr Rath uses Prishtodaya signs to mean ALL malefic owned signs (incl Le,

Sc, Aq & excl Ta, Cn, Sg) , ref footnote on pg 77 of the book where

Prishtos are explicitly defined, which is NOT the standard definition in

all astro-classics.

 

Hence when sometimes Mr Rath mentions malefic owned signs, & sometimes

Prishtos in this context, he is actually saying the same thing. But unless

you went by his definition of Prishtos, you would have got completely

confused as I did eg in the pg 233 CoVa where Aq is counted as Prishto, tho

it is not so by standard definitions (similarly pg 504 CoVA for Cp, & pg

505 CoVA for Ta)

 

Actually , the above is not a question, or even a clarification (what is,

is). As I have hardly seen any OTHER actual application of Prishto/ Shirso/

Ubhaya daya rasis in any text, & the definitions are not REALLY

astronomical (visual...), I dont really care how it is supposed to be

defined. As for the specific use by Mr Rath, he has defined it as above,

which I am happy with. My problem, is IF this classification has any other

use besides the above by Mr Rath for the 3 thirds of dasa interpretation, I

guess we'll all be in trouble.

 

This note, I guess, is more to check with all, that I am not making any

fundamental mistake in my understanding

 

Regards

 

Nandan