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First with the limited collection of texts I have in my personal library here in Chicago, I wanted to find a reference to this kind of chakras. Fortunately I did find one. Before I proceed with the details of the reference, I thought I should mention again the probable dates of the authors of various texts that refer to these graham chakras. Author
Date
Kasinatha Bhattach Bhattacharya arya
Early 16th century CE
Narapati
Early 12th century CE
Pandit Dhundriraj
15th century CE
A great classic called Jataka Bharanam written by Pandit Dhundiraj and has a similar and very interesting shlokas on Graha-chakras, in this case Shani-chakra (the circle of Saturn). On such Chakra is mentioned as Shani Chakra. The Sanskrit shlokas are given below
Shubhashubhagyanarthe Shanichakra Vilikheyete NarakaraM LikhechchakraM ShanichakraM Taduchayate | VeditashyaM PhalaM TasmanmanwanaM ShubhashubhaM || 1 Janmartho yatra cha kutra sasthang mitrasya putrang prathamam viditwa | Chakro narakhyeya khalu janmadhishthayadwinyasya bhani pravedetyaphalani || 2 Draw a figure of a man. This form would be called Saturn’s (Shani) Chakra. The auspicious and inauspicious results faced by the native will be judged by this chakra. In the human figure drawn put all nakshatras from the birth nakshatra as detailed in the following verses. The effect of transit Saturn should be predicted according to corresponding meaning associated with the human body organ which transit Saturn occupies.
ŠAncient Indian Astrology Classes
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