Doctrines of Suka Nadi (Retold): Mysteries of Nadi System of Astrology Unfurled [RP]

The benign blessings of Sri Gayatri, Sri Ganesa and the Grahas have kept me in a continued position to serve the astrological fraternity as a result of which only we are now again, in a quick succession, amidst the readers with the present work DOCTRINES OF SUKA NADI – Retold.

Unfathomable is the ocean of literature in Tamil on astrology as is in Sanskrit and is rich with a multitude of literary gems. By oral transmission, right from the time of the sages, the contents were faithfully and unerringly handed down to the students by the masters. The students were equally discerning as their masters were and the result was a safe and unmutilated maintenance of ‘records’. Time has from time immemorable been open to changes; came then the system of recording on walls, copper plates and stones. As a later development, writing with sharp steel pens on palm leaves came into existence. This was in vogue for centuries and records were preserved perennially on this media.

With all the broadmindedness of the past masters, several astrological treatises got lost due to lack of full-fledged and effective communication. In effect, many treatises are today known only by name and not by availability. Learning astrology in India was those days mainly through some important languages like Sanskrit, Tamil, Malayalam, Oriya and the like. There are many manuscripts on palm leaves in Tamil languages the value of which is not known even to the owner to whom it is a family inheritance. This is equally true with some other languages as well.