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Dear Sanjayji prabhu

I agree with your observations. I think the list attached below confers with

sage Parasara and Sri Vyasedava.

I wonder from what you have read and realised in your deep studies have you

found hearing and singing of Dasavatara Stotra beneficial in appeasing the

planets and the Supreme Lord simultaneously?

Just as one wears gems and chants mantras for individual planets, is it perhaps

more beneficial to go directly to sing the glories of the avatar of the

concerned planet?

I may be mistaken but I am currently thinking that especially to hear from a

pure devotee of the lord (my guru Srila Prabhupada) chanting Dasavatara Stotra

is the most effective way for at least me to remediate the planets as well as

please the Lord.

For interesting list members: http://gauranga.org/prabhupada.htm : Srila

Prabhupada chants 'Sri Dasavatara Stotra'

My best wishes

Your fallen servant

Kasim

 

Remedial Devatas (Lords) to be worshipped for the deficiencies or impediments

with the nine Planets:

The following is a list of personalities who either rule the various planets and

thus have dominion over them, or come from or appeared in that dynasty, and so

have influence over that planet. Therefore it is advised to offer

homage/worship/puja/service to that presiding personality to gain His favour to

alleviate malefic situations being caused by the planetary influence. Jupiter

Dynasty: The Dwarf incarnation of the Lord Vamandeva, was from the Jupiter

dynasty. He is to be considered Jeevamsa and Parmatmansa combined incarnation .

Ketu Dynasty: The Fish incarnation of the Lord Matsya was from Ketu dynasty. He

too was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Mars Dynasty: The

Narasimha, half man half lion incarnation of the Lord was from the Mars

dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Mercury Dynasty: Lord Buddha

the combined incarnation was from the Mercurean dynasty. He was Jeevamsa and

Paramatmamsa. The Moon Dynasty: Lord Krishna, the in Supreme Personality of God

was from the Moon dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation - the Avatari.

Rahu Dynasty: The wild Boar, the incarnation of God Varaha was from the Rahu

dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Saturn Dynasty: The Tortoise,

the incarnation of God Kurma was from the Saturn dynasty. He was Jeevamsa and

Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Sun Dynasty: Lord Rama, the incarnation of

Lord was from Solar dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Venusian

Dynasty: Sage Bhargava (Jamadagni the father of Parasuram), the plenary

incarnation of God was from Venusian dynasty. (The Bhargava dynasty comes down

from Bhrgumuni) He was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Devi

Deities are: Lakshmi. (Mohini, Saraswati)

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SARVAM GYANANANDAMAYAM JAGAT

AUM GURUBYO NAMAH

Dear Sanjay,

You have stated that the graha delights when it is given an opportunity to

remember its exalted state/Avatar. Excellent. The delight of the graha is

called as the 'anugraha'/blessing. Similarly if the individual/AK is asked to

trace its source(12th) with the remainder that he/she belongs to the

"Parampara" of the lord it brings out the excellence in him/her.

Laya/involvement is the secret of performance. Excellence is the yardstick of

performance - "yogah karmasu kowshalam". The moment the AK realises that true

sambanda/gyana sambandha on account of the blessings of the BK and the deity

lording the parampara(12th to karakamsa) the dhi is silenced in samadhi and in

that state the inner dictates become audible. The life of the sadhak becomes

more like a mudra in nritya resulting out of rhythm/nada heard within.( i

remember the dancing posture of Shri Ramakrishna paramahamsa).

AUM SHANTHI SHANTHI SHANTIHI.

Happily/happy to be yours,

psramanrayanan

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JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Sanjayji,

 

Namaste.

 

I would be interested to know what do you mean by dynasty here?

 

Lord Vamamadeva was the son of Diti and Kashyapa Muni, and Brihaspati was the

son of Maharsi Angira. Angira was Brahma's mental son, and Kashyapa was the son

of Marici, who is the controlling deity of the Maruts, the wind-gods. He is also

the mental son of Brahma, so Vamana and Brihaspati came in different dynasties

(first is Angira-gotra, the second is Marici-gotra).

 

There is noi information given in the Srimad Bhagavatam about the appearance of

Matsya, as He was found by king Satyavrata, the son ot Vivasvan (Sun-god). So

He was found in the waterof the river Krtamala, which is akin to Ketu being in

Moolatrikona in Pisces, a watery sign. But on the other hand, Ketu is supposed

to be the trunk of the demon Rahu, who was the son of Vipracitti, and according

to SB 6.6.37. has one hundred younger brothers, who were called Ketus.

Vipracitti was the son of Kashyapa and Danu.

 

Narasimha was born out of a pillar in Indra's palace, so it is difficult to

assure in which dynasty He appeared. Mars is said to be the son of Sarva and

Vikesi, who is the Earth. Also Kartikkeya is linked to Mars, he was the son of

Lord Siva.

 

Mercury is said to be the son of Tara and Chandra, so he is from the Moon,

dsynasty, but considered to be from Brihaspati's dinasty, ans Tara is

Brihaspati's wife. Lord Buddha was bor as the son of Anjana, no idea about

dinasty.

 

The Moon, Chandra was the son of Atri muni and Anasuya. Lord Krishna indeed

appeared in Soma-vamsa, ro Moon-dinasty.

 

Rahu's origins we have discussed. Lord Varahadeva was born out of Lord Brahma's nostril.

 

Saturn was the son of Surya and Chaya, so technically he is in Surya-vamsa.

Kurmadeva's birth is not described. He just appeared in the water.

 

Surya or Vivasvan was born as the son of Kashyapa and Diti. Lord Rama indeed

appeared in Surya-vamsa.

 

Yours,

 

Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net Jyotish Remedies:

WWW.BRIHASPATI.NET Phone:+36-309-140-839

Remedial Devatas (Lords) to be worshipped for the deficiencies or impediments

with the nine Planets:

The following is a list of personalities who either rule the various planets and

thus have dominion over them, or come from or appeared in that dynasty, and so

have influence over that planet. Therefore it is advised to offer

homage/worship/puja/service to that presiding personality to gain His favour to

alleviate malefic situations being caused by the planetary influence. Jupiter

Dynasty: The Dwarf incarnation of the Lord Vamandeva, was from the Jupiter

dynasty. He is to be considered Jeevamsa and Parmatmansa combined incarnation .

Ketu Dynasty: The Fish incarnation of the Lord Matsya was from Ketu dynasty. He

too was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Mars Dynasty: The

Narasimha, half man half lion incarnation of the Lord was from the Mars

dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Mercury Dynasty: Lord Buddha

the combined incarnation was from the Mercurean dynasty. He was Jeevamsa and

Paramatmamsa. The Moon Dynasty: Lord Krishna, the in Supreme Personality of God

was from the Moon dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation - the Avatari.

Rahu Dynasty: The wild Boar, the incarnation of God Varaha was from the Rahu

dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Saturn Dynasty: The Tortoise,

the incarnation of God Kurma was from the Saturn dynasty. He was Jeevamsa and

Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Sun Dynasty: Lord Rama, the incarnation of

Lord was from Solar dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Venusian

Dynasty: Sage Bhargava (Jamadagni the father of Parasuram), the plenary

incarnation of God was from Venusian dynasty. (The Bhargava dynasty comes down

from Bhrgumuni) He was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Devi

Deities are: Lakshmi. (Mohini, Saraswati)

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Aum Namah Shivaya

 

 

Dear Gauranga,

 

Namaste.

 

Dynasty seems to be an inappropriate word going by the norm. There

are two words that one might consider in this context.

 

1. Vamsa

2. Amsa

 

Vamsa could be translated as dynasty. But Amsa, as you know is

different from dynasty or vamsa. Sri Rama belongs to Raghu vamsa.

Going by the Puranas there are two main dynasties- the solar and the

lunar (Surya and Chandra Vamsas).Referring to the dynasty of Rahu or

Ketu or Kuja or Budha or any other planet seems to be inappropriate

as there seems to be no such mention in any of the Puranas or

Upapuranas.

 

Coming to 'amsa' it means a 'division' as in 'amsa' charts or

divisional charts or even the amsa of a particular god or planet. In

India it is common to refer to even some great saints as having been

born through a particular god's amsa.

 

In the present context, I am sure the appropriate word is 'amsa' and

not vamsa when we speak of the planetary "Amsas" just as sage

Parasara too tells us of the planetary amsas and the various

avataras of Lord Vishnu.

 

As for the Gotra that is traced to the rishis and has nothing to do

with dynasties. Every one who falls within the chatur varna system

has a gotra that traces its roots to a rishi (the Hindus trace their

origins to the rishis and not to the monkeys!!!)

 

In a nutshell, the word Vamsa should be used to mean a dynasty or

family line or lineage (at times even a race of kings etc). It has

more to do with being born into a particular family line or at least

belonging to one by virtue of adoption etc, though most often it

generally relates to biological birth.Thus it has more to do with

genealogy or pedigree or family succession. There are certain other

usages of this word in other contexts that are not relevant here.

 

On the other hand the word Amsa in this context refers to descent on

earth of parts of deities or a god. While generally most avataras

are only part manifestations, avataras like Sri Krsna are complete

as they are poornamsas ('poorna' meaning Whole). Eitherways it

refers to a fraction or part of the deities generally. This has

nothing to do with being born into a particular lineage or dynasty

and actually refers to incarnations of deities.

 

I am sure Sanjay, Narasimha and others who are acquainted with

either Samskritam or the Puranas and Itihasas will agree with what I

have written. Though you have addressed it to Sanjay, I responded

because when I read the previous posts in this thread, I too felt

that the word dynasty is not appropriate.

 

Regards,

Satya

 

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vedic astrology, Gauranga Das <gauranga@b...>

wrote:

> JAYA JAGANNATHA!

>

> Dear Sanjayji,

>

> Namaste.

>

> I would be interested to know what do you mean by dynasty here?

>

> Lord Vamamadeva was the son of Diti and Kashyapa Muni, and

Brihaspati was the son of Maharsi Angira. Angira was Brahma's mental

son, and Kashyapa was the son of Marici, who is the controlling

deity of the Maruts, the wind-gods. He is also the mental son of

Brahma, so Vamana and Brihaspati came in different dynasties (first

is Angira-gotra, the second is Marici-gotra).

>

> There is noi information given in the Srimad Bhagavatam about the

appearance of Matsya, as He was found by king Satyavrata, the son ot

Vivasvan (Sun-god). So He was found in the waterof the river

Krtamala, which is akin to Ketu being in Moolatrikona in Pisces, a

watery sign. But on the other hand, Ketu is supposed to be the trunk

of the demon Rahu, who was the son of Vipracitti, and according to

SB 6.6.37. has one hundred younger brothers, who were called Ketus.

Vipracitti was the son of Kashyapa and Danu.

>

> Narasimha was born out of a pillar in Indra's palace, so it is

difficult to assure in which dynasty He appeared. Mars is said to be

the son of Sarva and Vikesi, who is the Earth. Also Kartikkeya is

linked to Mars, he was the son of Lord Siva.

>

> Mercury is said to be the son of Tara and Chandra, so he is from

the Moon, dsynasty, but considered to be from Brihaspati's dinasty,

ans Tara is Brihaspati's wife. Lord Buddha was bor as the son of

Anjana, no idea about dinasty.

>

> The Moon, Chandra was the son of Atri muni and Anasuya. Lord

Krishna indeed appeared in Soma-vamsa, ro Moon-dinasty.

>

> Rahu's origins we have discussed. Lord Varahadeva was born out of

Lord Brahma's nostril.

>

> Saturn was the son of Surya and Chaya, so technically he is in

Surya-vamsa. Kurmadeva's birth is not described. He just appeared in

the water.

>

> Surya or Vivasvan was born as the son of Kashyapa and Diti. Lord

Rama indeed appeared in Surya-vamsa.

>

> Yours,

>

> Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer

> gauranga@b...

> Jyotish Remedies:

> WWW.BRIHASPATI.NET

> Phone:+36-309-140-839

>

> Remedial Devatas (Lords) to be worshipped for the deficiencies

or impediments with the nine Planets:

>

> The following is a list of personalities who either rule the

various planets and thus have dominion over them, or come from or

appeared in that dynasty, and so have influence over that planet.

Therefore it is advised to offer homage/worship/puja/service to that

presiding personality to gain His favour to alleviate malefic

situations being caused by the planetary influence.

>

> Jupiter Dynasty: The Dwarf incarnation of the Lord Vamandeva,

was from the Jupiter dynasty.

> He is to be considered Jeevamsa and Parmatmansa combined

incarnation .

>

> Ketu Dynasty: The Fish incarnation of the Lord Matsya was from

Ketu dynasty.

> He too was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation .

>

> Mars Dynasty: The Narasimha, half man half lion incarnation of

the Lord was from the Mars dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa

incarnation .

>

> Mercury Dynasty: Lord Buddha the combined incarnation was from

the Mercurean dynasty.

> He was Jeevamsa and Paramatmamsa.

>

> The Moon Dynasty: Lord Krishna, the in Supreme Personality of

God was from the Moon dynasty.

> He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation - the Avatari.

>

> Rahu Dynasty: The wild Boar, the incarnation of God Varaha was

from the Rahu dynasty.

> He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation .

>

> Saturn Dynasty: The Tortoise, the incarnation of God Kurma was

from the Saturn dynasty.

> He was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation .

>

> Sun Dynasty: Lord Rama, the incarnation of Lord was from Solar

dynasty.

> He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation .

>

> Venusian Dynasty: Sage Bhargava (Jamadagni the father of

Parasuram), the plenary incarnation of God was from Venusian

dynasty. (The Bhargava dynasty comes down from Bhrgumuni) He was

Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation .

> Devi Deities are: Lakshmi. (Mohini, Saraswati)

>

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Aum Namah Shivaya

 

I have seen Sanjay's reply just now. While typing my answer, someone

came and I had to talk for a while. The interruption resulted in the

delay in posting.

 

Regards,

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Dear Sanjayji,

Being least knowledgeable amongst the learned, I should not interfere. But I

feel that the meanings of Kula Vamsha and Gotra are not being correctly

conveyed.

Kula means a particular Class in the society, that one belongs to Viz.

Rishi-Kula,Bramhana Kula, Kshtriya Kula etc.

Vansha means Clan viz Yadu Vansha, Raghu Vansha, Surya Vansha etc.

And,

Gotra means: Paternal lineage by birth, more like pedigree. That is why

marriages with another of same Gotra is prohibited by Shashtra in Hindus. The

ancients were aware of what happens when inbreeding takes place. It leads to

fixing of type and loos of size, deformaties and mental abnormalities. You will

find evidence of this in those small clans wher such type of marriages are

permissible.

Even when conducting a puja one has to tell his Gotra like if I have to tell my gotra I would say

"‘Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yavanashva thriyarisheya pravaranvitha, Haritasa Gotra

Ashwalayana sutra, Rik Shaka, Adhyayee, Chandrashekhar Sharma, aham bho

abhivadaye.’ "

Regards,

Chandrashekhar.

 

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Sanjay Rath

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Tuesday, June 03, 2003 8:31 AM

RE: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

 

 

|brihaspatim varenyam|

Dear Gauranga

I have been struggling with these words for some time and do not have perfect

answers as I do for Jyotish - the difference being that Guru Kripa came for the

latter and not for the spirituality which has been largely a personal effort.

The words concerned are (1) Kula, (2) Vamsa and (3) Gotra . Now we have to first

find the equivalent english words for these. To my mind (at present, and needs

the confirmation of Gordon, Narasimha others), these are (1) Family or Dynasty

(2) Lineage and (3) Spiritual Lineage (based on the rishis) respectively. The

word meanings are given under for ready reference. You can see that I am not

clear myself regarding the english terminology.

Now, let us try to examine the issues:

(1) You say "so Vamana and Brihaspati came in different dynasties (first is

Angira-gotra, the second is Marici-gotra)" implying that the gotra is the

dynasty. Later you also say "Mercury is said to be the son of Tara and Chandra,

so he is from the Moon, dynasty, but considered to be from Brihaspati's dinasty,

and Tara is Brihaspati's wife. " So, you can see the confusion out here. This

confusion in english terminology is due to not being clear about the

translations of the three words I have indicated.

Let us first fix the question about Sri Krishna: Yadu kula meaning that the

physical level immediate family were the Yadavas; Chandra-Vamsa meaning that

the lineage of inherited faiths, beliefs and life systems are from that of the

Moon. Sri Krishna taught the highest level of Sankhya philosophy (Moon), and

displayed the great compassion, mercy, equanimity etc of the moon lineage. The

Moon line is traced to Maharishi Atri and Anusuya. They had many sons like

Rath-atreya, Soma-atreya, Durvasa, Datta-atreya etc. Whereas sons like

Rath-atreya were given the task of receiving the Vedas, experimenting and

studying astrology, astronomy and ayurveda, the other three were given special

tasks as they were the avatars of Brahma (Soma-atreya), Vishnu (Datta-atreya)

and Shiva (Durvasa). The vaishnava spiritual thought in the samkhya school of

Atri got a fillip with the advent of Sri Krishna who although born to the

Yadavas, was the greatest teacher of Samkhya as recorded in the gita. Krishna's

understanding and faith in the lineage is stated in the Bhagavatam 11.7 (Lord

Krishna instructs Uddhava) and following chapters.Very specifically, Sri

Krishna refers to Dattatreya in SB 11.7.25

avadhütaà dviyaà kaïciccarantam akuto-bhayamkavià nirékñya taruëaàyaduù papraccha dharma-vit

The avadhuta brahmana is Dattatreya and the detailed teaching of the 24 gurus of

Dattatreya follows this stanza.Thus it is evident that 'Vamsa' refers to a

lineage based on faith, teachings and 'dharma'.

Sri Krishna went on to become an illustrious king of the Yadu dynasty (note that

dynasty is used with Kula/family) ans was the greatest ever teacher of the

Chandra-vamsa lineage. It was the good fortune of the Moon that such a great

avatar should incarnate for its lineage. In the world, dynasty is more

important but in India, lineage is more important. This difference should

always be borne in mind. Nobody in India cares if Sri Krishna came in the

family of the Yadavas but what matters is what He taught. Sri Krishna

established the Sri Somanath Jyotirlinga and accordingly Sri Somanath has been

worshipped as the Kula devata of all members of the Atri Gotra who have any

association with ancient Dwarka. So, in my view, the correct terminology should

be lineage and not dynasty.

Secondly, the avatars incarnate with the highest rays of the concerned

Graha/Lagna and the lineage can be different based on the Graha instead of the

Kula.

 

Similarly, Sri Vamana appeared in the Marici-gotra (here -Kula) but His

teachings and Karma yoga related to the work of Brihaspati (Angirasa gotra).

Thus, Sri Vamana is considered as the highest avatar of Jupiter based on Karma

yoga. Also bear in mind that for the avatars, Karma yoga shall determine and

not Bhakti yoga. The latter (bhakti) is the higher yoga for lesser beings like

us. Here comes the great learning of Brihaspati - "OM bhur, bhuva svah". Out of

context so I leave it.

 

Now the appearance of the Lord for a purpose does not mean that He was not born

or did not have a Kula or Gotra. For this, extensive study of the Purana and

other literature is required. For rxample, you write "Narasimha was born out of

a pillar in Indra's palace, so it is difficult to assure in which dynasty He

appeared. Mars is said to be the son of Sarva and Vikesi, who is the Earth."

Now this shows that you have to read the Narasimha Purana thoroughly. In the

Chapter 'Sesha Nrisimha nama-karana and samudrika lakshana', it is mentioned

that Sri Nrisimha was born in the house of Maharaja Sri Krishna-vallabha

(father) in Madhya-pura. His father declared festivities and prayers for 21

days and donated asta-ratna. The horoscope was prepared by Brihaspati Who had

visited in the form of a brahmin-brahmanchari to advise the Maharaja for the

name.

 

Horoscope of Sri Nrisimha

Sri Brihaspati noted: Jyesta sukla panchami tithi Guruvara was the day of

birth/appearance of the Lord Nrisimha.Pusya nakshatra, Brahma Yoga, Karkata

Rasi, Grishma ritu. Sri Brihaspati looked at the hands and body for lakshana

and suddenly he saw the fourhands holding the sankha, chakra, gada and padma.

He closed his eyes and meditated in his heart lotus and realised that the child

was 'swayam Jagannatha'. There seems to be some corruption in the text and the

planetary positions do not match the above information, or maybe my

understanding could be wrong as I am thinking of Jyestha masa as Sun in Taurus

based on present day positions. Anyway here it is:Second child / not clear..

Lagna: Jupiter & Venus

Seventh house - Moon

Second house - Sun

Third house - Rahu & Mars

Sixth house with 'Amrita dristi' (any idea what this means) - Saturn

The chart is attached. In another place the Lagna is specifically mentioned as

Mina, then there must have been a corruption in the text and instead of Saptama

Chandra it should be Panchama chandra. Then everything fits. Both charts are

attached for your study and the benefit of this erudite group of astrologers.

 

With this, I leave it to you to work and find out the reasons for the specific

avatars being known as the highest incarnation of the Graha/Lagna.

 

fam-i-ly (fam'uh lee, fam'lee) n. pl. <-lies> adj. n.

1. parents and their children, considered as a

group, whether dwelling together or not. 2. the children of

one person or one couple collectively: We want a family

of one girl and one boy. 3. the spouse

and children of one person: I'm taking the family on

vacation next week. 4. any group of

persons closely related by blood, as parents, children,

uncles, aunts, and cousins. 5. all

those persons considered as descendants of a common

progenitor. 6. a group of persons who form a household,

esp. under one head. 7. the staff, or body of

assistants, of an official: the presidential family.

8. a group of related things or individuals:

the halogen family of elements. 9. a group of people who are

generally not blood relations but who share common

attitudes, interests, or goals. 10. Biol. the

usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the

classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usu.

consisting of several genera. 11. Ling. the

largest category into which languages related by common

origin can be classified with certainty: the

Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan families of

languages. Compare STOCK (DEF. 12), subfamily (def. 2).

12. a local unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra. adj.

13. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a

family: a family trait. 14. belonging to or used by a family:

the family automobile.

dy-nas-ty (die'nuh stee; Brit. also din'uh stee) n. pl. <-ties>

1. a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or

group: the Ming dynasty. 2. the rule of such a family or

group. 3. any succession of members of a powerful

or influential family or group.

lin-e-age [1] (lin'ee ij) n. 1. lineal descent from an

ancestor; ancestry. 2. the line of descendants of a

particular ancestor; family; race.

~ om tat sat ~

Yours truly,

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JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Sanjayji,

 

Namaste.

 

I would be interested to know what do you mean by dynasty here?

 

Lord Vamamadeva was the son of Diti and Kashyapa Muni, and Brihaspati was the

son of Maharsi Angira. Angira was Brahma's mental son, and Kashyapa was the son

of Marici, who is the controlling deity of the Maruts, the wind-gods. He is also

the mental son of Brahma, so Vamana and Brihaspati came in different dynasties

(first is Angira-gotra, the second is Marici-gotra).

 

There is noi information given in the Srimad Bhagavatam about the appearance of

Matsya, as He was found by king Satyavrata, the son ot Vivasvan (Sun-god). So

He was found in the waterof the river Krtamala, which is akin to Ketu being in

Moolatrikona in Pisces, a watery sign. But on the other hand, Ketu is supposed

to be the trunk of the demon Rahu, who was the son of Vipracitti, and according

to SB 6.6.37. has one hundred younger brothers, who were called Ketus.

Vipracitti was the son of Kashyapa and Danu.

 

Narasimha was born out of a pillar in Indra's palace, so it is difficult to

assure in which dynasty He appeared. Mars is said to be the son of Sarva and

Vikesi, who is the Earth. Also Kartikkeya is linked to Mars, he was the son of

Lord Siva.

 

Mercury is said to be the son of Tara and Chandra, so he is from the Moon,

dsynasty, but considered to be from Brihaspati's dinasty, ans Tara is

Brihaspati's wife. Lord Buddha was bor as the son of Anjana, no idea about

dinasty.

 

The Moon, Chandra was the son of Atri muni and Anasuya. Lord Krishna indeed

appeared in Soma-vamsa, ro Moon-dinasty.

 

Rahu's origins we have discussed. Lord Varahadeva was born out of Lord Brahma's nostril.

 

Saturn was the son of Surya and Chaya, so technically he is in Surya-vamsa.

Kurmadeva's birth is not described. He just appeared in the water.

 

Surya or Vivasvan was born as the son of Kashyapa and Diti. Lord Rama indeed

appeared in Surya-vamsa.

 

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The following is a list of personalities who either rule the various planets and

thus have dominion over them, or come from or appeared in that dynasty, and so

have influence over that planet. Therefore it is advised to offer

homage/worship/puja/service to that presiding personality to gain His favour to

alleviate malefic situations being caused by the planetary influence. Jupiter

Dynasty: The Dwarf incarnation of the Lord Vamandeva, was from the Jupiter

dynasty. He is to be considered Jeevamsa and Parmatmansa combined incarnation .

Ketu Dynasty: The Fish incarnation of the Lord Matsya was from Ketu dynasty. He

too was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Mars Dynasty: The

Narasimha, half man half lion incarnation of the Lord was from the Mars

dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Mercury Dynasty: Lord Buddha

the combined incarnation was from the Mercurean dynasty. He was Jeevamsa and

Paramatmamsa. The Moon Dynasty: Lord Krishna, the in Supreme Personality of God

was from the Moon dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation - the Avatari.

Rahu Dynasty: The wild Boar, the incarnation of God Varaha was from the Rahu

dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Saturn Dynasty: The Tortoise,

the incarnation of God Kurma was from the Saturn dynasty. He was Jeevamsa and

Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Sun Dynasty: Lord Rama, the incarnation of

Lord was from Solar dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Venusian

Dynasty: Sage Bhargava (Jamadagni the father of Parasuram), the plenary

incarnation of God was from Venusian dynasty. (The Bhargava dynasty comes down

from Bhrgumuni) He was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Devi

Deities are: Lakshmi. (Mohini, Saraswati)

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Dear Sanjayji,

I think Lord Krishna would be reffered to as belonging to Kshatriya Kula(being

Son of Vasudeva and nephew of Kansa the King) and either from Yadu Vanshiya as

he was reared by Nanda or more correctly VrushNi Vanshiya as refered to by the

lord himself in Bhagvad Gita.

Even Shivaji the great Maratha King was reffered to as "Kshatriyakulaavantas" by

Gagabhatt of Kanshi when he was coroneted as Chatrapati, as though popularly

known as Maratha King he was from Shisodia clan of Rajpur warriors.

But as you have said let those more well versed in Sanskrita language decide upon what this means.

With Warm regards,

Chandrashekhar.

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RE: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

 

 

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Dear Chandrasekharji

In that case is Sri Krishna Chandra Vamsa or Yadu Vamsa? These things are best

left to the spiritual organisations to decide as I don't think I am competent.

Thanks for the nice feedback. good thinking chandrasekharji.

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Dear Sanjayji,

Being least knowledgeable amongst the learned, I should not interfere. But I

feel that the meanings of Kula Vamsha and Gotra are not being correctly

conveyed.

Kula means a particular Class in the society, that one belongs to Viz.

Rishi-Kula,Bramhana Kula, Kshtriya Kula etc.

Vansha means Clan viz Yadu Vansha, Raghu Vansha, Surya Vansha etc.

And,

Gotra means: Paternal lineage by birth, more like pedigree. That is why

marriages with another of same Gotra is prohibited by Shashtra in Hindus. The

ancients were aware of what happens when inbreeding takes place. It leads to

fixing of type and loos of size, deformaties and mental abnormalities. You will

find evidence of this in those small clans wher such type of marriages are

permissible.

Even when conducting a puja one has to tell his Gotra like if I have to tell my gotra I would say

"‘Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yavanashva thriyarisheya pravaranvitha, Haritasa Gotra

Ashwalayana sutra, Rik Shaka, Adhyayee, Chandrashekhar Sharma, aham bho

abhivadaye.’ "

Regards,

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Aum Namah Shivaya

 

Namaste,

 

To my knowledge kula is more of a family lineage, more narrower than

the varna classification. Strictly speaking there are only 4 varnas

(going by the dharma of the ancient days). But there may be hundreds

and thousands of kulas. Kula most often is a family lineage started

by someone in the long past. In Sanskrit literature, in most

contexts, the word kula is used with other words which clearly

indicate the meaning. For instance,

 

kulangarah: one who spoils or ruins his family

kulanvita: born in a noble family

kulabimanah: family pride

kulachara: a custom peculiar to a family or caste (caste not as

varna but kula)

kulakshaya: extinction of a family

kuladharaka: a son (as he continues your family)

kulapati: head or chief of a family

kulavipra: family priest

 

I can give hundreds of such usages which clearly show kula as a more

narrower classification than varna. While Varna refers to the class

of soceity among the chaturvarna, kula is s family lineage. Thus one

varna may have within it many kulas.

 

Since the dharma sastras allow one to adopt a son to continue the

family lineage, kula etc may change by adoption.

 

Now coming to gotra, this goes even deeper than kula, in

fact to the very spiritual roots of the Vedic way of life. While

there may be hundreds and thousands of kulas, strictly speaking all

gotras trace their ancestry to the rishis. The many lines of descent

led to many gotras. But all of them trace themselves to only eight

rishis.

 

1. Agastya

2. Atri

3. Bharadwaja

4. Gotama

5. Jamadagni

6. Kashyapa

7. Vasishta

8. Vishwamitra

 

Thus though there only eight gotra rishis, these 8 major lines are

divided into ganas (sub-divisions) and even further sub-ganas, which

today are commonly referred to as gotras.

 

While there are 8 gotra rishis, there are only seven pravaras. A few

are confused by this at times. Simply put Pravara is like the

founder or the rishi at the top of the line.

 

This list is slightly different.

 

1. Agastya

2. Angirasa

3. Atri

4. Bhrgu

5. Kashyapa

6. Vasishta

7. Vishwamitra

 

Jamadagni being a descendant of Bhrgu, in the Pravara you find Bhrgu

instead since he would be the main ancestor. Likewise since both

Gotama and Bharadwaja are descendants of Angirasa, you find Angirasa

in the pravara list.

 

Every Brahmin is supposed to be a direct descendant of any of the 8

gotra rishis or the seven Pravaras. What about the other varnas?

They too have any of these 8 rishis as their gotra rishis. While

they may not be direct descendants, they are spiritually affiliated

to one of them. These rishis and their descendants acted as the

spiritual guides of every one within the vedic fold (sometimes

referred to as Aryan instead of Vedic; but in all such contexts it

has no racial reference, but refers to a vedic way of living).

 

As more and more people adopted the Arya (meaning noble) or Vedic

way of living (with its paradigm, beliefs and practices) everybody

was adopted into the vedic fold.

 

Thus the Hindus trace their roots to the rishis. Spiritually we are

all like the children of rishis. Apart from pitri rna (debt to

ancestors), we also have a rishi rna.

 

Another interesting observation. When someone who is not from the

Vedic fold emraces the Vedic way of living, going by the ancient way

of reckoning, the newcomer would be spiritually adopted by a rishi

or a direct descendant of the rishi. I do not remember the exact

reference, but I do remember reading that Vyasa gave his own gotra

to some tribes that had adopted the noble Vedic way of living. So

the descendants of those people will have the same gotra rishi as

Vyasa would have, irrespective of the varna or kula they fit into by

their lifestyles. Of course such topics may be controversial. But a

lot that goes in the name of Hinduism today, may not be exactly what

the ancient Arya (noble) or Vedic way of living was. During later

times, much seems to have got distorted.

 

While Vamsa is used quite loosely nowadays, the original idea of

Vamsha as found in the puranas is interesting. Generally the Puranas

narrate long accounts of two vamshas or dynasties- the Solar and the

Lunar. But some references to two other vamshas called Nagavamsha

and Harivamsha or Yaduvamsha are also occassionally found. I have

come across the following generally:

 

Suryavamsha

Chandravamsha

Seshavamsha or Nagavamsha

Yaduvamsha or Brahmavamsha or Harivamsha

 

Sri Krsna belongs to Yaduvamsha or Harivamsha (remember the

Harivamsha purana? In fact parayana (devout reading) of Harivamsha

purana is said to be the best remedy for child birth problems, apart

from chanting the Santan Gopal mantra.

 

But it looks like even the other vamshas trace themselves to either

of the two main Vamshas- Surya and Chandra vamshas.

 

Most Puranas generally give long accounts of the two main dynasties,

namely the Solar and Lunar.

 

Brahma->Marichi->Kashyapa->Vivasvana (Sun god)-> Solar dynasty

Brahma->Atri->Soma (Moon god)->Budha-> Lunar dynasty

 

Since we are talking about Dasavataras I will trace the vamshas of

the two great kings among the dasavatataras. Firstly Sri Rama.

 

Vivasvan had four wives (while the Kurma purana mentions 4 wives,

the Markandeya purana mentions only two). Through Samjna was born

Vaivasvata Manu who in turn had nine sons. Ikshvaku was one of

them. . His son was Vikukshi. This line is called the line of

Kakutstha into which Sri Rama was born.

 

Vaivasvata Manu had a daughter by name Ila. Budha, the son of Soma

(Moon) married Ila. The lunar dynasty originated with Pururava their

son. Pururava married the apsara Urvashi and begot six sons. One of

them is Ayu. Amongst Ayu's descendants was a king called Yayati.

Yayati had two wives- Devayani the daughter of Shukracharya (Venus)

and Sharmishta the daughter of the danava king Vrishaparva. Through

Devayani Yayati had two sons called Yadu and Turvasu. He also had

three sons through the second wife- Druhyu, Anu and Puru. When

Yayati retired to the forest he gave the larger portion of his

kingdom to Puru, whose descendants are the Pauravas. The other sons

too got a share each. Yadu got his share in the south west and his

descendants are the Yadavas. Sri Krsna was a Yadava.

 

But getting back to the main topic here, I reiterate that the word

dynasty is inappropriate in the context of the dasavataras as we are

speaking of the planetary amsas and not vamsas or dynasties of

kings. So while Sri Krsna is born through the Amsa of Chandra or the

graha Moon, he belongs to Harivamsha or Yaduvamsha immediately,

though distantly he also is a descendant of Chandra vamsha.

 

Though all kings belong to Kshatriya varna, they may belong to any

other kula within the Kshatriya varna. Thus Sri Rama belongs to

Raghu vamsha. Sri Krsna belongs to Harikula or

Yadukula. Remember the name Harikulesa?

 

Strictly speaking, Vamsha should refer to a dynasty and is generally

used wrt kings in the puranas. For other varnas the more common term

kula is generally used to refer to the family lineage, though the

word kula can be used while referring to the family lineage of

anyone from any varna. Thus Sri Krsna belongs to Yadu kula, Chandra

vamsha (broadly speaking, though in the immediate sense he belongs

to the Yadu vamsha if you want it that way), and to the Kshatriya

varna. Hope this helps in some way though I know that it might lead

to further questions as information always necessitates more

information!

 

I really need to get back to my work now.

 

Regards,

Satya

 

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<boxdel> wrote:

> Dear Sanjayji,

> I think Lord Krishna would be reffered to as belonging to

Kshatriya Kula(being Son of Vasudeva and nephew of Kansa the King)

and either from Yadu Vanshiya as he was reared by Nanda or more

correctly VrushNi Vanshiya as refered to by the lord himself in

Bhagvad Gita.

> Even Shivaji the great Maratha King was reffered to

as "Kshatriyakulaavantas" by Gagabhatt of Kanshi when he was

coroneted as Chatrapati, as though popularly known as Maratha King

he was from Shisodia clan of Rajpur warriors.

> But as you have said let those more well versed in Sanskrita

language decide upon what this means.

> With Warm regards,

> Chandrashekhar.

> -

> Sanjay Rath

> vedic astrology

> Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:43 PM

> RE: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

>

>

>

>

> |brihaspatim varenyam|

> Dear Chandrasekharji

> In that case is Sri Krishna Chandra Vamsa or Yadu Vamsa? These

things are best left to the spiritual organisations to decide as I

don't think I am competent.

> Thanks for the nice feedback. good thinking chandrasekharji.

> ~ om tat sat ~

> Yours truly,

> Sanjay Rath

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JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Sanjayji,

 

Namaste.

 

Can you give me exact chapter number from Narasimah Purana for these references?

I would like to look it up.

 

Yours,

 

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Now the appearance of the Lord for a purpose does not mean that He was not born

or did not have a Kula or Gotra. For this, extensive study of the Purana and

other literature is required. For rxample, you write "Narasimha was born out of

a pillar in Indra's palace, so it is difficult to assure in which dynasty He

appeared. Mars is said to be the son of Sarva and Vikesi, who is the Earth."

Now this shows that you have to read the Narasimha Purana thoroughly. In the

Chapter 'Sesha Nrisimha nama-karana and samudrika lakshana', it is mentioned

that Sri Nrisimha was born in the house of Maharaja Sri Krishna-vallabha

(father) in Madhya-pura. His father declared festivities and prayers for 21

days and donated asta-ratna. The horoscope was prepared by Brihaspati Who had

visited in the form of a brahmin-brahmanchari to advise the Maharaja for the

name.

 

Horoscope of Sri Nrisimha

Sri Brihaspati noted: Jyesta sukla panchami tithi Guruvara was the day of

birth/appearance of the Lord Nrisimha.Pusya nakshatra, Brahma Yoga, Karkata

Rasi, Grishma ritu. Sri Brihaspati looked at the hands and body for lakshana

and suddenly he saw the fourhands holding the sankha, chakra, gada and padma.

He closed his eyes and meditated in his heart lotus and realised that the child

was 'swayam Jagannatha'. There seems to be some corruption in the text and the

planetary positions do not match the above information, or maybe my

understanding could be wrong as I am thinking of Jyestha masa as Sun in Taurus

based on present day positions. Anyway here it is:Second child / not clear..

Lagna: Jupiter & Venus

Seventh house - Moon

Second house - Sun

Third house - Rahu & Mars

Sixth house with 'Amrita dristi' (any idea what this means) - Saturn

The chart is attached. In another place the Lagna is specifically mentioned as

Mina, then there must have been a corruption in the text and instead of Saptama

Chandra it should be Panchama chandra. Then everything fits. Both charts are

attached for your study and the benefit of this erudite group of astrologers.

 

With this, I leave it to you to work and find out the reasons for the specific

avatars being known as the highest incarnation of the Graha/Lagna.

 

fam-i-ly (fam'uh lee, fam'lee) n. pl. <-lies> adj. n.

1. parents and their children, considered as a

group, whether dwelling together or not. 2. the children of

one person or one couple collectively: We want a family

of one girl and one boy. 3. the spouse

and children of one person: I'm taking the family on

vacation next week. 4. any group of

persons closely related by blood, as parents, children,

uncles, aunts, and cousins. 5. all

those persons considered as descendants of a common

progenitor. 6. a group of persons who form a household,

esp. under one head. 7. the staff, or body of

assistants, of an official: the presidential family.

8. a group of related things or individuals:

the halogen family of elements. 9. a group of people who are

generally not blood relations but who share common

attitudes, interests, or goals. 10. Biol. the

usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the

classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usu.

consisting of several genera. 11. Ling. the

largest category into which languages related by common

origin can be classified with certainty: the

Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan families of

languages. Compare STOCK (DEF. 12), subfamily (def. 2).

12. a local unit of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra. adj.

13. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a

family: a family trait. 14. belonging to or used by a family:

the family automobile.

dy-nas-ty (die'nuh stee; Brit. also din'uh stee) n. pl. <-ties>

1. a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or

group: the Ming dynasty. 2. the rule of such a family or

group. 3. any succession of members of a powerful

or influential family or group.

lin-e-age [1] (lin'ee ij) n. 1. lineal descent from an

ancestor; ancestry. 2. the line of descendants of a

particular ancestor; family; race.

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JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Sanjayji,

 

Namaste.

 

I would be interested to know what do you mean by dynasty here?

 

Lord Vamamadeva was the son of Diti and Kashyapa Muni, and Brihaspati was the

son of Maharsi Angira. Angira was Brahma's mental son, and Kashyapa was the son

of Marici, who is the controlling deity of the Maruts, the wind-gods. He is also

the mental son of Brahma, so Vamana and Brihaspati came in different dynasties

(first is Angira-gotra, the second is Marici-gotra).

 

There is noi information given in the Srimad Bhagavatam about the appearance of

Matsya, as He was found by king Satyavrata, the son ot Vivasvan (Sun-god). So

He was found in the waterof the river Krtamala, which is akin to Ketu being in

Moolatrikona in Pisces, a watery sign. But on the other hand, Ketu is supposed

to be the trunk of the demon Rahu, who was the son of Vipracitti, and according

to SB 6.6.37. has one hundred younger brothers, who were called Ketus.

Vipracitti was the son of Kashyapa and Danu.

 

Narasimha was born out of a pillar in Indra's palace, so it is difficult to

assure in which dynasty He appeared. Mars is said to be the son of Sarva and

Vikesi, who is the Earth. Also Kartikkeya is linked to Mars, he was the son of

Lord Siva.

 

Mercury is said to be the son of Tara and Chandra, so he is from the Moon,

dsynasty, but considered to be from Brihaspati's dinasty, ans Tara is

Brihaspati's wife. Lord Buddha was bor as the son of Anjana, no idea about

dinasty.

 

The Moon, Chandra was the son of Atri muni and Anasuya. Lord Krishna indeed

appeared in Soma-vamsa, ro Moon-dinasty.

 

Rahu's origins we have discussed. Lord Varahadeva was born out of Lord Brahma's nostril.

 

Saturn was the son of Surya and Chaya, so technically he is in Surya-vamsa.

Kurmadeva's birth is not described. He just appeared in the water.

 

Surya or Vivasvan was born as the son of Kashyapa and Diti. Lord Rama indeed

appeared in Surya-vamsa.

 

Yours,

 

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Remedial Devatas (Lords) to be worshipped for the deficiencies or impediments

with the nine Planets:

The following is a list of personalities who either rule the various planets and

thus have dominion over them, or come from or appeared in that dynasty, and so

have influence over that planet. Therefore it is advised to offer

homage/worship/puja/service to that presiding personality to gain His favour to

alleviate malefic situations being caused by the planetary influence. Jupiter

Dynasty: The Dwarf incarnation of the Lord Vamandeva, was from the Jupiter

dynasty. He is to be considered Jeevamsa and Parmatmansa combined incarnation .

Ketu Dynasty: The Fish incarnation of the Lord Matsya was from Ketu dynasty. He

too was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Mars Dynasty: The

Narasimha, half man half lion incarnation of the Lord was from the Mars

dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Mercury Dynasty: Lord Buddha

the combined incarnation was from the Mercurean dynasty. He was Jeevamsa and

Paramatmamsa. The Moon Dynasty: Lord Krishna, the in Supreme Personality of God

was from the Moon dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation - the Avatari.

Rahu Dynasty: The wild Boar, the incarnation of God Varaha was from the Rahu

dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Saturn Dynasty: The Tortoise,

the incarnation of God Kurma was from the Saturn dynasty. He was Jeevamsa and

Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Sun Dynasty: Lord Rama, the incarnation of

Lord was from Solar dynasty. He was fully Parmatmamsa incarnation . Venusian

Dynasty: Sage Bhargava (Jamadagni the father of Parasuram), the plenary

incarnation of God was from Venusian dynasty. (The Bhargava dynasty comes down

from Bhrgumuni) He was Jeevamsa and Parmatmamsa combined incarnation . Devi

Deities are: Lakshmi. (Mohini, Saraswati)

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JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Jyotisha,

 

Namaste.

 

I think it is quite useful to discuss these termina, because they appear in

Jyotish also. My definition woudl thus be the following:

 

Kula means physical family, as Sanjay explained. So it would extend like upto

parents, grandparents etc. I thin D-12 should be studied for this. It would of

course include the village (or kingdom) and varna of the kula also. In Sri

Krishna's D-12 Lagna is in Scorpio, having debilitated 9th lord Moon. This

would indicate his father Vasudeva being in a debilitated position (prison) at

the time of the Lord's birth. His mother Devaki is indicated by the fourth

house Aquarius. Its lord Rahu is debilitarted in the 11th from it, hence she

was harrassed by her brother Kamsa.Deb, Ketu in the 5th from the 4th may

indicate all the 7 older brothers of Krishna which were killed by Kamsa. Also

in D-3 lagna is Virgo, 3rd house has Rahu and Venus (no elder brothers) and

11th has deb. Mars (no direct younger borthers).

 

So coming back to kula, D-12 lagna is Scorpio, and its lord Mars is in Leo in

the 10th, so it woudl indicate Ksatriya family. Or should we look for the 12th

house (Sag in this case as Scorpio is even sign)? The presence of Rahu here

would explain that He was transported to the family of Nanda Maharaja, who was

his foster father (lord of Sag Jupiter is in Virgo, joined by ex. Mercury,

trade and farming.)

 

Then vamsa is one thing I have a problem with. It is clear to me that it would

mean dinasty, i.e. a line of kings or forefathers for several hbundreds or

tousands back. So here comes Soma-vamsa. So we shoudl look out for the Moon. In

His chart it is vargottama in lagna in D-1 and D-9. So should it be taken as the

strongest planet influencing the lagna in Rasi and navamsa would determine the

characteristics of the dinasty? Or should we go back to D-40 and D-45 to see

the lineage of father and mother? Here, if the hipothetic chart is correct, the

Moon is not eyr characteristic in D-45.

 

And finally for gotra, i.e. determining which of the Rishish are the origion of

our lineage, I have heard a method based on the Nakshatras or Nakshatra padas,

but I can't recollect it now. This is checked at compatibility, as

Chandrasekhar said. If anyone knows the distribution, would you like to email

it?

 

Yours,

 

Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net Jyotish Remedies:

WWW.BRIHASPATI.NET Phone:+36-309-140-839

 

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Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:13 PM

RE: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

 

 

|brihaspatim varenyam|

Dear Chandrasekharji

In that case is Sri Krishna Chandra Vamsa or Yadu Vamsa? These things are best

left to the spiritual organisations to decide as I don't think I am competent.

Thanks for the nice feedback. good thinking chandrasekharji.

~ om tat sat ~

Yours truly,

Sanjay Rath

---------------------------

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Dear Sanjayji,

Being least knowledgeable amongst the learned, I should not interfere. But I

feel that the meanings of Kula Vamsha and Gotra are not being correctly

conveyed.

Kula means a particular Class in the society, that one belongs to Viz.

Rishi-Kula,Bramhana Kula, Kshtriya Kula etc.

Vansha means Clan viz Yadu Vansha, Raghu Vansha, Surya Vansha etc.

And,

Gotra means: Paternal lineage by birth, more like pedigree. That is why

marriages with another of same Gotra is prohibited by Shashtra in Hindus. The

ancients were aware of what happens when inbreeding takes place. It leads to

fixing of type and loos of size, deformaties and mental abnormalities. You will

find evidence of this in those small clans wher such type of marriages are

permissible.

Even when conducting a puja one has to tell his Gotra like if I have to tell my gotra I would say

"‘Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yavanashva thriyarisheya pravaranvitha, Haritasa Gotra

Ashwalayana sutra, Rik Shaka, Adhyayee, Chandrashekhar Sharma, aham bho

abhivadaye.’ "

Regards,

Chandrashekhar.

 

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Dear Gaurangaji,

The nakshatra Gothras are as Follows :

Ashwini-Marichi

Bharani - Vasishta

Krittika - Angirasa

Rohini - Atri

Mrigashira - Pulasthya

Ardra - Pulaha

Punarvasu - Kratu Maharshi

Again the Same Gothras will be followed for the remaining Nakshatras in the

above order like Pushya - Marichi etc.So totally 4 turns/rotations will come

along with Abhijit Nakshatra.

I hope this helps you.

With best regards,

Ramadas Rao.Gauranga Das <gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net> wrote:

JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Jyotisha,

 

Namaste.

 

I think it is quite useful to discuss these termina, because they appear in

Jyotish also. My definition woudl thus be the following:

 

Kula means physical family, as Sanjay explained. So it would extend like upto

parents, grandparents etc. I thin D-12 should be studied for this. It would of

course include the village (or kingdom) and varna of the kula also. In Sri

Krishna's D-12 Lagna is in Scorpio, having debilitated 9th lord Moon. This

would indicate his father Vasudeva being in a debilitated position (prison) at

the time of the Lord's birth. His mother Devaki is indicated by the fourth

house Aquarius. Its lord Rahu is debilitarted in the 11th from it, hence she

was harrassed by her brother Kamsa.Deb, Ketu in the 5th from the 4th may

indicate all the 7 older brothers of Krishna which were killed by Kamsa. Also

in D-3 lagna is Virgo, 3rd house has Rahu and Venus (no elder brothers) and

11th has deb. Mars (no direct younger borthers).

 

So coming back to kula, D-12 lagna is Scorpio, and its lord Mars is in Leo in

the 10th, so it woudl indicate Ksatriya family. Or should we look for the 12th

house (Sag in this case as Scorpio is even sign)? The presence of Rahu here

would explain that He was transported to the family of Nanda Maharaja, who was

his foster father (lord of Sag Jupiter is in Virgo, joined by ex. Mercury,

trade and farming.)

 

Then vamsa is one thing I have a problem with. It is clear to me that it would

mean dinasty, i.e. a line of kings or forefathers for several hbundreds or

tousands back. So here comes Soma-vamsa. So we shoudl look out for the Moon. In

His chart it is vargottama in lagna in D-1 and D-9. So should it be taken as the

strongest planet influencing the lagna in Rasi and navamsa would determine the

characteristics of the dinasty? Or should we go back to D-40 and D-45 to see

the lineage of father and mother? Here, if the hipothetic chart is correct, the

Moon is not eyr characteristic in D-45.

 

And finally for gotra, i.e. determining which of the Rishish are the origion of

our lineage, I have heard a method based on the Nakshatras or Nakshatra padas,

but I can't recollect it now. This is checked at compatibility, as

Chandrasekhar said. If anyone knows the distribution, would you like to email

it?

 

Yours,

 

Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net Jyotish Remedies:

WWW.BRIHASPATI.NET Phone:+36-309-140-839

 

-

Sanjay Rath

vedic astrology

Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:13 PM

RE: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

 

 

|brihaspatim varenyam|

Dear Chandrasekharji

In that case is Sri Krishna Chandra Vamsa or Yadu Vamsa? These things are best

left to the spiritual organisations to decide as I don't think I am competent.

Thanks for the nice feedback. good thinking chandrasekharji.

~ om tat sat ~

Yours truly,

Sanjay Rath

---------------------------

H-5, B.J.B Nagar, Bhubaneswar 751014, India

+91-674-2436871 http://srath.com

---------------------------

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Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:55 PMvedic astrologySubject: Re:

[vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

Dear Sanjayji,

Being least knowledgeable amongst the learned, I should not interfere. But I

feel that the meanings of Kula Vamsha and Gotra are not being correctly

conveyed.

Kula means a particular Class in the society, that one belongs to Viz.

Rishi-Kula,Bramhana Kula, Kshtriya Kula etc.

Vansha means Clan viz Yadu Vansha, Raghu Vansha, Surya Vansha etc.

And,

Gotra means: Paternal lineage by birth, more like pedigree. That is why

marriages with another of same Gotra is prohibited by Shashtra in Hindus. The

ancients were aware of what happens when inbreeding takes place. It leads to

fixing of type and loos of size, deformaties and mental abnormalities. You will

find evidence of this in those small clans wher such type of marriages are

permissible.

Even when conducting a puja one has to tell his Gotra like if I have to tell my gotra I would say

"‘Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yavanashva thriyarisheya pravaranvitha, Haritasa Gotra

Ashwalayana sutra, Rik Shaka, Adhyayee, Chandrashekhar Sharma, aham bho

abhivadaye.’ "

Regards,

Chandrashekhar.

 

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Dear Ramadas Rao Ji,

 

>From what you have written my Nakshatra Gotra is 'Pulaha' for Ardra.

I know my Gotra as 'Gargeyasa'. What is the difference, can you

please enlighten me.

 

Manythanks & regards

viswanadham

vedic astrology, Ramadas Rao <ramadasrao>

wrote:

> SRI RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAH OM AVYAYAAYA NAMAH

> Dear Gaurangaji,

> The nakshatra Gothras are as Follows :

> Ashwini-Marichi

> Bharani - Vasishta

> Krittika - Angirasa

> Rohini - Atri

> Mrigashira - Pulasthya

> Ardra - Pulaha

> Punarvasu - Kratu Maharshi

> Again the Same Gothras will be followed for the remaining

Nakshatras in the above order like Pushya - Marichi etc.So totally 4

turns/rotations will come along with Abhijit Nakshatra.

> I hope this helps you.

> With best regards,

> Ramadas Rao.

>

> Gauranga Das <gauranga@b...> wrote:

> JAYA JAGANNATHA!

>

> Dear Jyotisha,

>

> Namaste.

>

> I think it is quite useful to discuss these termina, because they

appear in Jyotish also. My definition woudl thus be the following:

>

> Kula means physical family, as Sanjay explained. So it would extend

like upto parents, grandparents etc. I thin D-12 should be studied

for this. It would of course include the village (or kingdom) and

varna of the kula also. In Sri Krishna's D-12 Lagna is in Scorpio,

having debilitated 9th lord Moon. This would indicate his father

Vasudeva being in a debilitated position (prison) at the time of the

Lord's birth. His mother Devaki is indicated by the fourth house

Aquarius. Its lord Rahu is debilitarted in the 11th from it, hence

she was harrassed by her brother Kamsa.Deb, Ketu in the 5th from the

4th may indicate all the 7 older brothers of Krishna which were

killed by Kamsa. Also in D-3 lagna is Virgo, 3rd house has Rahu and

Venus (no elder brothers) and 11th has deb. Mars (no direct younger

borthers).

>

> So coming back to kula, D-12 lagna is Scorpio, and its lord Mars is

in Leo in the 10th, so it woudl indicate Ksatriya family. Or should

we look for the 12th house (Sag in this case as Scorpio is even

sign)? The presence of Rahu here would explain that He was

transported to the family of Nanda Maharaja, who was his foster

father (lord of Sag Jupiter is in Virgo, joined by ex. Mercury, trade

and farming.)

>

> Then vamsa is one thing I have a problem with. It is clear to me

that it would mean dinasty, i.e. a line of kings or forefathers for

several hbundreds or tousands back. So here comes Soma-vamsa. So we

shoudl look out for the Moon. In His chart it is vargottama in lagna

in D-1 and D-9. So should it be taken as the strongest planet

influencing the lagna in Rasi and navamsa would determine the

characteristics of the dinasty? Or should we go back to D-40 and D-45

to see the lineage of father and mother? Here, if the hipothetic

chart is correct, the Moon is not eyr characteristic in D-45.

>

> And finally for gotra, i.e. determining which of the Rishish are

the origion of our lineage, I have heard a method based on the

Nakshatras or Nakshatra padas, but I can't recollect it now. This is

checked at compatibility, as Chandrasekhar said. If anyone knows the

distribution, would you like to email it?

>

> Yours,

>

> Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer

> gauranga@b...

> Jyotish Remedies:

> WWW.BRIHASPATI.NET

> Phone:+36-309-140-839

>

>

> -

> Sanjay Rath

> vedic astrology

> Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:13 PM

> RE: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

>

>

>

>

> |brihaspatim varenyam|

> Dear Chandrasekharji

> In that case is Sri Krishna Chandra Vamsa or Yadu Vamsa? These

things are best left to the spiritual organisations to decide as I

don't think I am competent.

> Thanks for the nice feedback. good thinking chandrasekharji.

> ~ om tat sat ~

> Yours truly,

> Sanjay Rath

> ---------------------------

> H-5, B.J.B Nagar, Bhubaneswar 751014, India

> +91-674-2436871 http://srath.com

> ---------------------------

>

> Chandrashekhar [boxdel]

> Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:55 PM

> vedic astrology

> Re: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

>

>

> Dear Sanjayji,

> Being least knowledgeable amongst the learned, I should not

interfere. But I feel that the meanings of Kula Vamsha and Gotra are

not being correctly conveyed.

> Kula means a particular Class in the society, that one belongs to

Viz. Rishi-Kula,Bramhana Kula, Kshtriya Kula etc.

> Vansha means Clan viz Yadu Vansha, Raghu Vansha, Surya Vansha etc.

> And,

> Gotra means: Paternal lineage by birth, more like pedigree. That is

why marriages with another of same Gotra is prohibited by Shashtra in

Hindus. The ancients were aware of what happens when inbreeding takes

place. It leads to fixing of type and loos of size, deformaties and

mental abnormalities. You will find evidence of this in those small

clans wher such type of marriages are permissible.

> Even when conducting a puja one has to tell his Gotra like if I

have to tell my gotra I would say

> "`Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yavanashva thriyarisheya pravaranvitha,

Haritasa Gotra Ashwalayana sutra, Rik Shaka, Adhyayee, Chandrashekhar

Sharma, aham bho abhivadaye.' "

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> Chandrashekhar.

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JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Ramadas, Namaste.

 

Thank you for the information.

 

So according to this Sri Krishna's Moon is in Rohini, so it should be Atreya

gotra, while Lord Rama's Moon was in Pusya as far as I remember. So he should

be born in Marica gotra. The same holds true for Lord Narasimha, according to

Sanjayji's posting. I would like to request soem learned members like Dr. Satya

to verify if Krishna and Rama were indeed porn in their respective gotras.

Because if this principle works, then it gives a hint on timing birth fo

children whose parents gotra is already knwon, as they will be eligible for

birth onyl in 4 nakshatras out of the 28.

 

Yours,

 

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Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:31 PM

Re: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

SRI RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAH OM AVYAYAAYA NAMAH

Dear Gaurangaji,

The nakshatra Gothras are as Follows :

Ashwini-Marichi

Bharani - Vasishta

Krittika - Angirasa

Rohini - Atri

Mrigashira - Pulasthya

Ardra - Pulaha

Punarvasu - Kratu Maharshi

Again the Same Gothras will be followed for the remaining Nakshatras in the

above order like Pushya - Marichi etc.So totally 4 turns/rotations will come

along with Abhijit Nakshatra.

I hope this helps you.

With best regards,

Ramadas Rao.Gauranga Das <gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net> wrote:

JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Jyotisha,

 

Namaste.

 

I think it is quite useful to discuss these termina, because they appear in

Jyotish also. My definition woudl thus be the following:

 

Kula means physical family, as Sanjay explained. So it would extend like upto

parents, grandparents etc. I thin D-12 should be studied for this. It would of

course include the village (or kingdom) and varna of the kula also. In Sri

Krishna's D-12 Lagna is in Scorpio, having debilitated 9th lord Moon. This

would indicate his father Vasudeva being in a debilitated position (prison) at

the time of the Lord's birth. His mother Devaki is indicated by the fourth

house Aquarius. Its lord Rahu is debilitarted in the 11th from it, hence she

was harrassed by her brother Kamsa.Deb, Ketu in the 5th from the 4th may

indicate all the 7 older brothers of Krishna which were killed by Kamsa. Also

in D-3 lagna is Virgo, 3rd house has Rahu and Venus (no elder brothers) and

11th has deb. Mars (no direct younger borthers).

 

So coming back to kula, D-12 lagna is Scorpio, and its lord Mars is in Leo in

the 10th, so it woudl indicate Ksatriya family. Or should we look for the 12th

house (Sag in this case as Scorpio is even sign)? The presence of Rahu here

would explain that He was transported to the family of Nanda Maharaja, who was

his foster father (lord of Sag Jupiter is in Virgo, joined by ex. Mercury,

trade and farming.)

 

Then vamsa is one thing I have a problem with. It is clear to me that it would

mean dinasty, i.e. a line of kings or forefathers for several hbundreds or

tousands back. So here comes Soma-vamsa. So we shoudl look out for the Moon. In

His chart it is vargottama in lagna in D-1 and D-9. So should it be taken as the

strongest planet influencing the lagna in Rasi and navamsa would determine the

characteristics of the dinasty? Or should we go back to D-40 and D-45 to see

the lineage of father and mother? Here, if the hipothetic chart is correct, the

Moon is not eyr characteristic in D-45.

 

And finally for gotra, i.e. determining which of the Rishish are the origion of

our lineage, I have heard a method based on the Nakshatras or Nakshatra padas,

but I can't recollect it now. This is checked at compatibility, as

Chandrasekhar said. If anyone knows the distribution, would you like to email

it?

 

Yours,

 

Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net Jyotish Remedies:

WWW.BRIHASPATI.NET Phone:+36-309-140-839

 

-

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vedic astrology

Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:13 PM

RE: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

 

 

|brihaspatim varenyam|

Dear Chandrasekharji

In that case is Sri Krishna Chandra Vamsa or Yadu Vamsa? These things are best

left to the spiritual organisations to decide as I don't think I am competent.

Thanks for the nice feedback. good thinking chandrasekharji.

~ om tat sat ~

Yours truly,

Sanjay Rath

---------------------------

H-5, B.J.B Nagar, Bhubaneswar 751014, India

+91-674-2436871 http://srath.com

---------------------------

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Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:55 PMvedic astrologySubject: Re:

[vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

Dear Sanjayji,

Being least knowledgeable amongst the learned, I should not interfere. But I

feel that the meanings of Kula Vamsha and Gotra are not being correctly

conveyed.

Kula means a particular Class in the society, that one belongs to Viz.

Rishi-Kula,Bramhana Kula, Kshtriya Kula etc.

Vansha means Clan viz Yadu Vansha, Raghu Vansha, Surya Vansha etc.

And,

Gotra means: Paternal lineage by birth, more like pedigree. That is why

marriages with another of same Gotra is prohibited by Shashtra in Hindus. The

ancients were aware of what happens when inbreeding takes place. It leads to

fixing of type and loos of size, deformaties and mental abnormalities. You will

find evidence of this in those small clans wher such type of marriages are

permissible.

Even when conducting a puja one has to tell his Gotra like if I have to tell my gotra I would say

"‘Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yavanashva thriyarisheya pravaranvitha, Haritasa Gotra

Ashwalayana sutra, Rik Shaka, Adhyayee, Chandrashekhar Sharma, aham bho

abhivadaye.’ "

Regards,

Chandrashekhar.

 

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Dear Dr. Satya Prakash,

What you say is right in a way. the term Kula has been used loosely, many a

times and sometimes even interchanged with Vansha, though this is not correct.

Therefore the confusion arises. However Vansha can be more easily understood if

we look at the word, Vanshaja meaning decendant.

Difference between Kula and Vansha is that you are born in to one but other can

be established by a person by the dint of his valour/knowledge. For Kula the

examples are, Kshtriya Kula, Bramhana Kula, Vaisya Kula and so on.

Examples would be Maurya Vansha established by Chandra Gupta Maurya,Vakataka,

Gupta and so on through history of India. Kula is what one is born into. So it

has to do with primary divisions based on the nature of work that one's family

or clan does.

Through ages Kings and Rulers have tried to take unto themselves divine sanction

by projecting themselves as descendant of one God or other. This happened not

only in Indian society but also in Egyptian, Muslims(Califs or Imams) and even

in Christian Society ( Holy Roman emperor or King of England pronouncing

himself head of the Church of England, if my understanding is correct).

Therefore Surya and Chandravansha were given credence. Kings also declared

themselves as Amsha of Vishnu. No body questioned, why amsha of vishnu should

bow to the Acharyas of the Kingdom.

You will find reference to Kula in mahabharata where Karna declared" Daiva ykte

Kule Janma Madayuttam tu Paurusham".

The Kula were not necessarily restricted to Chaturvarna system but extended to

various class groups, as indeed was the Chaturvarna.

Vansha concept came in to play as not all the Kings were born Kings. Some won

their Kingdom by their valour and the first ancestor of the line of kings, so

establishing Kingdom used to found his Vansha. This enabled him to escape the

scrutiny of his Kula. So in Kshtriya you will find mention of Vamsha. In the

example you gave Yadu established his Vamsha and so the term Yadu Vamsha.

Vrushni on the other hand was a group of Kshtriyas and so Vrushni Kula. In

Mahabharata too you will find that though both Kauravas and Pandavas belonged

to Kuru Vamsha, Dhritarashtra and his sons were called variously as KuruNandan,

Kaurava etc., since they took over the Kingdom. Pandavas too were of Kuruvansha

but as they carved out their own Kingdom they were addressed as Pandavas( Of

the vansha of Pandu). So it should be obvious that Vansha was a term which was

more of a sanction than lineage per say in the strictest sense, though from

foundation of new vansha it was indeed lineage.

Gotra is pure paternal pedigree going back to original Rishis and you will find

that this was maintained by Bramhins to avoid close inbreeding. You can not opt

for another Gotra nor can you change your profession and get into other Kula.

Hope this clears the matter somewhat.

Regards,

Chandrashekhar.

 

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Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:09 AM

[vedic astrology] Re: Dasavatara Stotra

Aum Namah ShivayaNamaste,To my knowledge kula is more of a family lineage, more

narrower than the varna classification. Strictly speaking there are only 4

varnas (going by the dharma of the ancient days). But there may be hundreds and

thousands of kulas. Kula most often is a family lineage started by someone in

the long past. In Sanskrit literature, in most contexts, the word kula is used

with other words which clearly indicate the meaning. For instance,kulangarah:

one who spoils or ruins his familykulanvita: born in a noble familykulabimanah:

family pridekulachara: a custom peculiar to a family or caste (caste not as

varna but kula)kulakshaya: extinction of a familykuladharaka: a son (as he

continues your family)kulapati: head or chief of a familykulavipra: family

priest I can give hundreds of such usages which clearly show kula as a more

narrower classification than varna. While Varna refers to the class of soceity

among the chaturvarna, kula is s family lineage. Thus one varna may have within

it many kulas. Since the dharma sastras allow one to adopt a son to continue the

family lineage, kula etc may change by adoption.Now coming to gotra, this goes

even deeper than kula, in fact to the very spiritual roots of the Vedic way of

life. While there may be hundreds and thousands of kulas, strictly speaking all

gotras trace their ancestry to the rishis. The many lines of descent led to many

gotras. But all of them trace themselves to only eight rishis. 1. Agastya2.

Atri3. Bharadwaja4. Gotama5. Jamadagni6. Kashyapa7. Vasishta8. VishwamitraThus

though there only eight gotra rishis, these 8 major lines are divided into

ganas (sub-divisions) and even further sub-ganas, which today are commonly

referred to as gotras.While there are 8 gotra rishis, there are only seven

pravaras. A few are confused by this at times. Simply put Pravara is like the

founder or the rishi at the top of the line. This list is slightly different.1.

Agastya2. Angirasa3. Atri4. Bhrgu5. Kashyapa6. Vasishta7. VishwamitraJamadagni

being a descendant of Bhrgu, in the Pravara you find Bhrgu instead since he

would be the main ancestor. Likewise since both Gotama and Bharadwaja are

descendants of Angirasa, you find Angirasa in the pravara list. Every Brahmin

is supposed to be a direct descendant of any of the 8 gotra rishis or the seven

Pravaras. What about the other varnas? They too have any of these 8 rishis as

their gotra rishis. While they may not be direct descendants, they are

spiritually affiliated to one of them. These rishis and their descendants acted

as the spiritual guides of every one within the vedic fold (sometimes referred

to as Aryan instead of Vedic; but in all such contexts it has no racial

reference, but refers to a vedic way of living). As more and more people

adopted the Arya (meaning noble) or Vedic way of living (with its paradigm,

beliefs and practices) everybody was adopted into the vedic fold.Thus the

Hindus trace their roots to the rishis. Spiritually we are all like the

children of rishis. Apart from pitri rna (debt to ancestors), we also have a

rishi rna. Another interesting observation. When someone who is not from the

Vedic fold emraces the Vedic way of living, going by the ancient way of

reckoning, the newcomer would be spiritually adopted by a rishi or a direct

descendant of the rishi. I do not remember the exact reference, but I do

remember reading that Vyasa gave his own gotra to some tribes that had adopted

the noble Vedic way of living. So the descendants of those people will have the

same gotra rishi as Vyasa would have, irrespective of the varna or kula they fit

into by their lifestyles. Of course such topics may be controversial. But a lot

that goes in the name of Hinduism today, may not be exactly what the ancient

Arya (noble) or Vedic way of living was. During later times, much seems to have

got distorted. While Vamsa is used quite loosely nowadays, the original idea of

Vamsha as found in the puranas is interesting. Generally the Puranas narrate

long accounts of two vamshas or dynasties- the Solar and the Lunar. But some

references to two other vamshas called Nagavamsha and Harivamsha or Yaduvamsha

are also occassionally found. I have come across the following

generally:SuryavamshaChandravamshaSeshavamsha or NagavamshaYaduvamsha or

Brahmavamsha or Harivamsha Sri Krsna belongs to Yaduvamsha or Harivamsha

(remember the Harivamsha purana? In fact parayana (devout reading) of

Harivamsha purana is said to be the best remedy for child birth problems, apart

from chanting the Santan Gopal mantra. But it looks like even the other vamshas

trace themselves to either of the two main Vamshas- Surya and Chandra vamshas.

Most Puranas generally give long accounts of the two main dynasties, namely the

Solar and Lunar.Brahma->Marichi->Kashyapa->Vivasvana (Sun god)-> Solar

dynastyBrahma->Atri->Soma (Moon god)->Budha-> Lunar dynastySince we are talking

about Dasavataras I will trace the vamshas of the two great kings among the

dasavatataras. Firstly Sri Rama. Vivasvan had four wives (while the Kurma

purana mentions 4 wives, the Markandeya purana mentions only two). Through

Samjna was born Vaivasvata Manu who in turn had nine sons. Ikshvaku was one of

them. . His son was Vikukshi. This line is called the line of Kakutstha into

which Sri Rama was born.Vaivasvata Manu had a daughter by name Ila. Budha, the

son of Soma (Moon) married Ila. The lunar dynasty originated with Pururava

their son. Pururava married the apsara Urvashi and begot six sons. One of them

is Ayu. Amongst Ayu's descendants was a king called Yayati. Yayati had two

wives- Devayani the daughter of Shukracharya (Venus) and Sharmishta the

daughter of the danava king Vrishaparva. Through Devayani Yayati had two sons

called Yadu and Turvasu. He also had three sons through the second wife-

Druhyu, Anu and Puru. When Yayati retired to the forest he gave the larger

portion of his kingdom to Puru, whose descendants are the Pauravas. The other

sons too got a share each. Yadu got his share in the south west and his

descendants are the Yadavas. Sri Krsna was a Yadava.But getting back to the

main topic here, I reiterate that the word dynasty is inappropriate in the

context of the dasavataras as we are speaking of the planetary amsas and not

vamsas or dynasties of kings. So while Sri Krsna is born through the Amsa of

Chandra or the graha Moon, he belongs to Harivamsha or Yaduvamsha immediately,

though distantly he also is a descendant of Chandra vamsha. Though all kings

belong to Kshatriya varna, they may belong to any other kula within the

Kshatriya varna. Thus Sri Rama belongs to Raghu vamsha. Sri Krsna belongs to

Harikula or Yadukula. Remember the name Harikulesa?Strictly speaking, Vamsha

should refer to a dynasty and is generally used wrt kings in the puranas. For

other varnas the more common term kula is generally used to refer to the family

lineage, though the word kula can be used while referring to the family lineage

of anyone from any varna. Thus Sri Krsna belongs to Yadu kula, Chandra vamsha

(broadly speaking, though in the immediate sense he belongs to the Yadu vamsha

if you want it that way), and to the Kshatriya varna. Hope this helps in some

way though I know that it might lead to further questions as information always

necessitates more information! I really need to get back to my work now.

Regards,Satya

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vedic astrology, "Chandrashekhar" <boxdel> wrote:> Dear

Sanjayji,> I think Lord Krishna would be reffered to as belonging to Kshatriya

Kula(being Son of Vasudeva and nephew of Kansa the King) and either from Yadu

Vanshiya as he was reared by Nanda or more correctly VrushNi Vanshiya as

refered to by the lord himself in Bhagvad Gita. > Even Shivaji the great

Maratha King was reffered to as "Kshatriyakulaavantas" by Gagabhatt of Kanshi

when he was coroneted as Chatrapati, as though popularly known as Maratha King

he was from Shisodia clan of Rajpur warriors.> But as you have said let those

more well versed in Sanskrita language decide upon what this means.> With Warm

regards,> Chandrashekhar.> - > Sanjay Rath

> vedic astrology > Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:43

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varenyam|> Dear Chandrasekharji> In that case is Sri Krishna Chandra Vamsa

or Yadu Vamsa? These things are best left to the spiritual organisations to

decide as I don't think I am competent.> Thanks for the nice feedback. good

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Namaste and thanks for the comments.

With best regards,

Ramadas Rao.Gauranga Das <gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net> wrote:

JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Ramadas, Namaste.

 

Thank you for the information.

 

So according to this Sri Krishna's Moon is in Rohini, so it should be Atreya

gotra, while Lord Rama's Moon was in Pusya as far as I remember. So he should

be born in Marica gotra. The same holds true for Lord Narasimha, according to

Sanjayji's posting. I would like to request soem learned members like Dr. Satya

to verify if Krishna and Rama were indeed porn in their respective gotras.

Because if this principle works, then it gives a hint on timing birth fo

children whose parents gotra is already knwon, as they will be eligible for

birth onyl in 4 nakshatras out of the 28.

 

Yours,

 

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Re: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

SRI RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAH OM AVYAYAAYA NAMAH

Dear Gaurangaji,

The nakshatra Gothras are as Follows :

Ashwini-Marichi

Bharani - Vasishta

Krittika - Angirasa

Rohini - Atri

Mrigashira - Pulasthya

Ardra - Pulaha

Punarvasu - Kratu Maharshi

Again the Same Gothras will be followed for the remaining Nakshatras in the

above order like Pushya - Marichi etc.So totally 4 turns/rotations will come

along with Abhijit Nakshatra.

I hope this helps you.

With best regards,

Ramadas Rao.Gauranga Das <gauranga (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net> wrote:

JAYA JAGANNATHA!

 

Dear Jyotisha,

 

Namaste.

 

I think it is quite useful to discuss these termina, because they appear in

Jyotish also. My definition woudl thus be the following:

 

Kula means physical family, as Sanjay explained. So it would extend like upto

parents, grandparents etc. I thin D-12 should be studied for this. It would of

course include the village (or kingdom) and varna of the kula also. In Sri

Krishna's D-12 Lagna is in Scorpio, having debilitated 9th lord Moon. This

would indicate his father Vasudeva being in a debilitated position (prison) at

the time of the Lord's birth. His mother Devaki is indicated by the fourth

house Aquarius. Its lord Rahu is debilitarted in the 11th from it, hence she

was harrassed by her brother Kamsa.Deb, Ketu in the 5th from the 4th may

indicate all the 7 older brothers of Krishna which were killed by Kamsa. Also

in D-3 lagna is Virgo, 3rd house has Rahu and Venus (no elder brothers) and

11th has deb. Mars (no direct younger borthers).

 

So coming back to kula, D-12 lagna is Scorpio, and its lord Mars is in Leo in

the 10th, so it woudl indicate Ksatriya family. Or should we look for the 12th

house (Sag in this case as Scorpio is even sign)? The presence of Rahu here

would explain that He was transported to the family of Nanda Maharaja, who was

his foster father (lord of Sag Jupiter is in Virgo, joined by ex. Mercury,

trade and farming.)

 

Then vamsa is one thing I have a problem with. It is clear to me that it would

mean dinasty, i.e. a line of kings or forefathers for several hbundreds or

tousands back. So here comes Soma-vamsa. So we shoudl look out for the Moon. In

His chart it is vargottama in lagna in D-1 and D-9. So should it be taken as the

strongest planet influencing the lagna in Rasi and navamsa would determine the

characteristics of the dinasty? Or should we go back to D-40 and D-45 to see

the lineage of father and mother? Here, if the hipothetic chart is correct, the

Moon is not eyr characteristic in D-45.

 

And finally for gotra, i.e. determining which of the Rishish are the origion of

our lineage, I have heard a method based on the Nakshatras or Nakshatra padas,

but I can't recollect it now. This is checked at compatibility, as

Chandrasekhar said. If anyone knows the distribution, would you like to email

it?

 

Yours,

 

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RE: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra

 

 

|brihaspatim varenyam|

Dear Chandrasekharji

In that case is Sri Krishna Chandra Vamsa or Yadu Vamsa? These things are best

left to the spiritual organisations to decide as I don't think I am competent.

Thanks for the nice feedback. good thinking chandrasekharji.

~ om tat sat ~

Yours truly,

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Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:55 PMvedic astrologySubject: Re:

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Dear Sanjayji,

Being least knowledgeable amongst the learned, I should not interfere. But I

feel that the meanings of Kula Vamsha and Gotra are not being correctly

conveyed.

Kula means a particular Class in the society, that one belongs to Viz.

Rishi-Kula,Bramhana Kula, Kshtriya Kula etc.

Vansha means Clan viz Yadu Vansha, Raghu Vansha, Surya Vansha etc.

And,

Gotra means: Paternal lineage by birth, more like pedigree. That is why

marriages with another of same Gotra is prohibited by Shashtra in Hindus. The

ancients were aware of what happens when inbreeding takes place. It leads to

fixing of type and loos of size, deformaties and mental abnormalities. You will

find evidence of this in those small clans wher such type of marriages are

permissible.

Even when conducting a puja one has to tell his Gotra like if I have to tell my gotra I would say

"‘Angirasa, Ambarisha, Yavanashva thriyarisheya pravaranvitha, Haritasa Gotra

Ashwalayana sutra, Rik Shaka, Adhyayee, Chandrashekhar Sharma, aham bho

abhivadaye.’ "

Regards,

Chandrashekhar.

 

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Dear Vishwanathamji,

For this we have to find the descendent of all these seven Maharshis and I dont

have here their list but may be Sanjayji or Gaurangaji can help in this matter

to you.

With best regards,

Ramadas Rao.vishwanatham <vishwanatham (AT) rocketmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Hare Rama KrishnaDear Ramadas Rao Ji,From what you have written my Nakshatra

Gotra is 'Pulaha' for Ardra. I know my Gotra as 'Gargeyasa'. What is the

difference, can you please enlighten me.Manythanks & regardsviswanadham--- In

vedic astrology, Ramadas Rao <ramadasrao> wrote:> SRI

RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAH OM AVYAYAAYA NAMAH> Dear Gaurangaji,> The nakshatra

Gothras are as Follows :> Ashwini-Marichi> Bharani - Vasishta> Krittika -

Angirasa> Rohini - Atri> Mrigashira - Pulasthya> Ardra - Pulaha> Punarvasu -

Kratu Maharshi> Again the Same Gothras will be followed for the remaining

Nakshatras in the above order like Pushya - Marichi etc.So totally 4

turns/rotations will come along with Abhijit Nakshatra.> I hope this helps

you.> With best regards,> Ramadas Rao.> > Gauranga Das <gauranga@b...> wrote:>

JAYA JAGANNATHA!> > Dear Jyotisha,> > Namaste. > > I think it is quite

useful to discuss these termina, because they appear in Jyotish also. My

definition woudl thus be the following:> > Kula means physical family, as

Sanjay explained. So it would extend like upto parents, grandparents etc. I

thin D-12 should be studied for this. It would of course include the village

(or kingdom) and varna of the kula also. In Sri Krishna's D-12 Lagna is in

Scorpio, having debilitated 9th lord Moon. This would indicate his father

Vasudeva being in a debilitated position (prison) at the time of the Lord's

birth. His mother Devaki is indicated by the fourth house Aquarius. Its lord

Rahu is debilitarted in the 11th from it, hence she was harrassed by her

brother Kamsa.Deb, Ketu in the 5th from the 4th may indicate all the 7 older

brothers of Krishna which were killed by Kamsa. Also in D-3 lagna is Virgo, 3rd

house has Rahu and Venus (no elder brothers) and 11th has deb. Mars (no direct

younger borthers). > > So coming back to kula, D-12 lagna is Scorpio, and its

lord Mars is in Leo in the 10th, so it woudl indicate Ksatriya family. Or

should we look for the 12th house (Sag in this case as Scorpio is even sign)?

The presence of Rahu here would explain that He was transported to the family

of Nanda Maharaja, who was his foster father (lord of Sag Jupiter is in Virgo,

joined by ex. Mercury, trade and farming.) > > Then vamsa is one thing I have

a problem with. It is clear to me that it would mean dinasty, i.e. a line of

kings or forefathers for several hbundreds or tousands back. So here comes

Soma-vamsa. So we shoudl look out for the Moon. In His chart it is vargottama

in lagna in D-1 and D-9. So should it be taken as the strongest planet

influencing the lagna in Rasi and navamsa would determine the characteristics

of the dinasty? Or should we go back to D-40 and D-45 to see the lineage of

father and mother? Here, if the hipothetic chart is correct, the Moon is not

eyr characteristic in D-45. > > And finally for gotra, i.e. determining which

of the Rishish are the origion of our lineage, I have heard a method based on

the Nakshatras or Nakshatra padas, but I can't recollect it now. This is

checked at compatibility, as Chandrasekhar said. If anyone knows the

distribution, would you like to email it?> > Yours,> > Gauranga Das Vedic

Astrologer> gauranga@b...> Jyotish Remedies:> WWW.BRIHASPATI.NET>

Phone:+36-309-140-839> > > - > Sanjay Rath >

vedic astrology > Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:13 PM>

RE: [vedic astrology] Dasavatara Stotra> > > > > |brihaspatim

varenyam|> Dear Chandrasekharji> In that case is Sri Krishna Chandra Vamsa or

Yadu Vamsa? These things are best left to the spiritual organisations to decide

as I don't think I am competent.> Thanks for the nice feedback. good thinking

chandrasekharji.> ~ om tat sat ~> Yours truly,> Sanjay Rath>

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knowledgeable amongst the learned, I should not interfere. But I feel that the

meanings of Kula Vamsha and Gotra are not being correctly conveyed.> Kula means

a particular Class in the society, that one belongs to Viz. Rishi-Kula,Bramhana

Kula, Kshtriya Kula etc.> Vansha means Clan viz Yadu Vansha, Raghu Vansha,

Surya Vansha etc.> And,> Gotra means: Paternal lineage by birth, more like

pedigree. That is why marriages with another of same Gotra is prohibited by

Shashtra in Hindus. The ancients were aware of what happens when inbreeding

takes place. It leads to fixing of type and loos of size, deformaties and

mental abnormalities. You will find evidence of this in those small clans wher

such type of marriages are permissible.> Even when conducting a puja one has to

tell his Gotra like if I have to tell my gotra I would say> "`Angirasa,

Ambarisha, Yavanashva thriyarisheya pravaranvitha, Haritasa Gotra Ashwalayana

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Aum Namah Shivaya

 

Dear Gauranga,

 

Namaste.

 

Though I do not profess to be learned in areas beyond my domain, I

will share what I know. Initially I had typed a four page post

addressing your query. But I lost it when I inadvertently pressed a

wrong key! Since I do not have the time to retype the whole thing, I

will just mention the main points. In the long answer I had traced

the genealogoies as much thoroughly as I could. The crux is as

follows.

 

 

Some of the dasavataras were born in human form and did not just

manifest like the Matsyavatara. It is possible to trace the gotras

of these avataras as well as various rishis with the help of certain

Anukramanis and Sutras of the Vedas, and references in the Puranas

and Itihasas. My knowledge and interest in this area is partly

derived from my love for the rishis. Their lives and inspired works

continue to guide and inspire me.

 

Strictly speaking, only the brahmanas trace direct lineal descent

from the seven Pravaras or eight gotra rishis. The term gotra is

frequently applied to the ganas and to the families within the

ganas, representing the many lines of descent from the major rishis.

Occassionally you do find Kshatriya origins too. A case in point is

the Kaushika lineage which has kshatriya origins. Famous in this

line are Vishwamitra (of Gayatri mantra fame) and Madhucchandasa.

Vishwamitra is a great king and a still greater tapaswi. Here I

should remind that only those who have revealed atleast some verses

of the Veda are called rishis (the rishis are the seers who revealed

the veda mantras, and not their authors as the Veda is considered to

be Apaurusheya).

 

 

During the ancient times, inter-marriage between Brahmanas and

Kshatriyas was not uncommon. Instances abound. Examples of Kshatriya

women marrying Brahmana men are: Ayati, Niyati, Sukanya, Jayanti,

Sushila, Satyavati and Renuka. Renuka is a kshatriya woman who

wedded the sage Jamadagni. Bhagwan Parasurama was born to Renuka

devi and Jamadagni. No wonder Parasurama does have strong Kshatriya

guna as well. In fact toward the second half he seemed to combine

the best of Brahma tejas and Kshatra tejas.

 

 

If I may digress a bit here, this union of Brahma tejas (radiant

Knowledge) with Kshatra tejas (radiant valour/dynamism) is a key

point in sage Vyasa's prescription, to save dharma. Here we are

talking of saving dharma, not gaining moksha. Most great souls who

come with a mission have a combination of these two qualities. Many

of the immortal characters in the Mahabharata seem to combine these

qualities in varying proportions. Why that far? Even swami Dayananda

Saraswati (Arya samaj) and Swami Vivekananda were successful in

their respective missions only through such a combination of Brahma

tejas and Kshatra tejas. Meditating on this unique combination has

always inspired me.

 

 

But getting back to the main topic, in certain other cases, Brahmin

women married Kshatriya kings. In some such cases the lineage was

matrilineal. In other words, a new lineage was founded with the

Brahmin woman as the founding mother. For instance most kevala

angirasas are traced as descendants of Angirasa mothers wedded to

Kshatriya kings. This background information is necessary to

appreciate the following.

 

 

Sage Bhrigu had two wives- Khyati and Paulomi. Paulomi was of

Iranian descent.Through her Bhrigu begot two sons- the famous

Chyavana Maharishi and Kavi. One of the two son's of Kavi, by name

Ushana Kavya (said to be Sukracharya according to some Puranas)

married Jayanti a kshatriya. They had a daughter by name Devayani,

in addition to two sons. Devayani married the king Yayati (I had

written about them while tracing Sri Krsna's lineage). King Yayati

begot two sons through Devayani- Yadu and Turvasu. This Yadu founded

the famous Yadava dynasty to which Sri Krsna belongs. So Sri Krsna

belongs to the lineage of Bhrigu matrilineally. To my knowledge this

is how the texts trace Sri Krsna's lineage, though it would be a

good idea to check thoroughly once (and it is a very difficult task).

 

 

Bhagwan Parasurama's case is very simple. He being Jamadagni's son,

he belongs to the same lineage, once again that of sage Bhrigu.

 

As for Sri Rama, I cannot remember much off my head. But I know for

sure that he has a kshatriya descent and has to be traced along the

lines of Ikshvaku dynasty. Of course as a descendant of the Surya

vamsha, one may trace him to sage Kashyapa. But I would like to

verify if that is the proper way to do it or not. Could check this

some other day.

 

Bhagwan Buddha is said (according to some Buddhist texts) to belong

to the gotra of rishi Gotama.

 

Since Vyasa is also considered to be an avatara (according to a few

sources), let us end this list with him. He belongs to Paraasara

gotra which should be traced to Vasishta.

 

Generally while tracing the genealogies the texts speak of two

kinds. Brahmanas trace their genealogy from the seven rishis

(pravaras) while Kshatriyas trace through'Panchajanah' or 'Manava'

genealogy- namely Ikshvaku, Yadu, Turvasha, Anu, Druhyu and Puru. So

I need to reconcile these two sources before saying anything

definite in both Sri Rama's as well as Sri Krsna's cases.

 

One final observation. In my experience the nakshatra gotras do not

correspond consistently in actual practice. There might be (?) some

hidden significance to the nakshatra gotras. But as they are, they

do not seem to work well.

 

 

Regards,

 

Satya

 

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vedic astrology, Gauranga Das <gauranga@b...>

wrote:

> JAYA JAGANNATHA!

>

> Dear Ramadas, Namaste.

>

> Thank you for the information.

>

> So according to this Sri Krishna's Moon is in Rohini, so it should

be Atreya gotra, while Lord Rama's Moon was in Pusya as far as I

remember. So he should be born in Marica gotra. The same holds true

for Lord Narasimha, according to Sanjayji's posting. I would like to

request soem learned members like Dr. Satya to verify if Krishna and

Rama were indeed porn in their respective gotras. Because if this

principle works, then it gives a hint on timing birth fo children

whose parents gotra is already knwon, as they will be eligible for

birth onyl in 4 nakshatras out of the 28.

>

> Yours,

>

> Gauranga Das Vedic Astrologer

> gauranga@b...

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Aum Namah Shivaya

 

Dear group,

 

After writing the previous post, I am stuck in my mind with just one

thing- sage Vyasa'a prescription of the unique combination of BRAHMA

TEJAS with KSHATRA TEJAS. Radiant Valour resting on Radiant

Knowledge. May all of us be able to combine these two in our daily

lives! May Dharma inspire us to uphold Dharma, for Dharma alone is

the key to Happiness!

 

Satya

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