Book-3 Table of Contents

    

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Focus Area

Focus Area	Page #
पवित्र देश काल (pavitra deśa kāla – Sacred SpaceTime)	25
Religious उत्सव (utsava - festival) - A closer look	27
The Science of Calendars	27
बृहस्पति चक्र (bṛhaspati cakra - Jupiter / Jovian Cycle)	31
Annual Tamil Festivals - a case study	32
Occult Realm of Time - Fate & Free Will	83
The Science of Causation – an introduction	83
The science of Astrology – an Insight	84
ज्योतिष शास्त्र (jyotiṣa śāstra - natal astrology) – a deep dive	102
Appendix	166
Appendix A - Bio Data	168
Appendix B - References	169
Appendix C – Glossary	174
Appendix D – Index of Tables & Figures	179
Appendix E – Index of Scriptural Citations	181
Appendix E – Index of Keywords	186
Appendix F – Index of Citations	189

Detailed Table of Contents

Chapter	Page #
पवित्र देश काल (pavitra deśa kāla – Sacred Space-Time)	25
Religious उत्सव (utsava - festival) - A closer look	27
The Science of Calendars	27
बृहस्पति चक्र (bṛhaspati cakra  - Jupiter / Jovian Cycle)	31
Annual Tamil Festivals - a case study	32
Month1: சித்திரை/ चैत्र / मेश (cihtirai / chaitra / meśa  - Apr mid to May mid)	33
Month2: வைகாசி / वैशाख/वृशभ (vaikāsi/vaiśākha/vṛśabha – May mid to Jun mid)	42
Month 3: ஆனி / ज्यैष्ठ /मिथुन (āni / jyaiṣṭha/ mithuna – Jun mid to Jul mid)	43
Month 4: ஆடி/आषाढ / कटक (āḍi / āṣāḍha - Jul mid to Aug mid)	47
Month 5: ஆவணி /श्रावण /सिम्ह (āvaṇi/śrāvaṇa/ simha -  Aug mid to Sep mid)	49
Month 6:  புரட்டாசி / भाद्र /कन्य (puraṭṭāsi/ bhādra/ kanya – Sep mid to Oct mid)	53
Month 7: ஐப்பசி / आश्विन / थुला (aippasi / āśvina/ thulā – Oct  mid to Nov mid)	64
Month 8: கார்த்திகை/कार्तिक/वृश्चिक (kārththigai /kārtika/ vṛścika - Nov mid to Dec mid)	66
Month 9: மார்கழி /अग्रहायण/धनुश् (mārgazhi / agrahāyaṇa / dhanuś  - Dec mid to Jan mid)	67
Month 10: தை/ पौष / मकर (thai / pauṣa / makara – Jan mid to Feb mid)	73
Month 11: மாசி/ माघ /कुम्भ (māsi / māgha/ kumbha – Feb mid to Mar mid)	78
Month 12: பங்குனி / फाल्गुन /मीन (paṅguni / phālguṇa / mīna – Mar mid to Apr mid)	80
Occult Realm of Time - Fate & Free Will	83
The Science of Causation – an introduction	83
Cosmos in Chaos	83
The science of Astrology – an Insight	84
Classification of astrological practices	85
Astronomical background	86
Geo-Centric Interpretation in Astrology	90
ज्योतिष शास्त्र  (jyotiṣa śāstra - natal astrology) – a deep dive	102
ज्योतिष ज्योतिष  त्रिपदार्था (jyotiṣa tri padārthā –  trifold astrological categories)	103
द्वादश राशि चक्र (dvādaśa rāśi cakra – twelvefold zodiac cycle)	103
सप्तविशंतिन् नक्षत्र चक्र (saptaviśaṁtin nakṣatra cakra – twentyseven-fold asterisms)	115
नवग्रह चक्र (nava graha cakra  - ninefold seizers)	125
ग्रह गोचर (graha gocara – planetary transit)	141
ज्योतिष काल दशा  (jyotiṣa kāla daśā – astrological temporal states / phases)	141
पञ्चाङ्ग पदभाञ्चिका  (pañcāṅga padabhāñcikā  –  five-limbed almanac)	143
Determining the celestial coordinates at birth	158
लग्न (lagna  - ascendant)	159
भव (bhava  - state / house)	160
Appendix	166
Appendix A - Bio Data	168
Appendix B – References	169
Books	169
Research Papers, Lectures & Articles	173
Appendix C – Glossary	174
Glossary of English Terms	174
Glossary of Tamil Terms	175
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms	176
Appendix D – Index of Tables & Figures	179
Index of Tables	179
Index of Figures	180
Appendix E – Index of Scriptural Citations	181
Index of Sanskrit References	181
Index of Tamil References	183
Index of Arabic References	184
Index of Hebrew References	185
Appendix E – Index of Keywords	186
Appendix F – Index of Citations	189

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