Astroज्योतिष

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“Wealth is the star for wealth; what will the stars do?”
— Kautilya, Arthashastra IX.4

Library · Teachers · Pulippani, Bogar and Agastya, as the Tamil tradition names them · traditional attributions; surviving prints from 1863

The Tamil Siddhars

The Tamil astrology of the Siddhars kept on its own: who the Siddhars are and why no two lists of the eighteen agree, the Pulippani 300 and its debt to Bogar, and the Pancha Pakshi — the five birds, how to find your bird, and the bright-half tables worked out in full — with what is dated history and what is legend. 2 chapters, 2,430 words.

  1. The Siddhars and the Pulippani 300Who the Tamil Siddhars are; the several incompatible lists of the eighteen; what can be dated and what is legend; the Pulippani 300 — its contents and its framing as the teaching of Bogar's pupil; and a caution about the Nadi leaves and the modern 'Pulippani'.661 words
  2. The five birdsPancha Pakshi, the Tamil science of the five birds: the birds and their five activities, how to find your birth bird from your nakshatra and the half of the month, the five periods of day and night, the full bright-half tables for Sunday worked out from their rules, the dark-half rules, the 'death days' — all checked cell by cell against the Tamil prints of 1863 and 1867, with their misprints.1,769 words

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