Jinendramala [AP]

Jinendramāla is an important Praśna text written by a Jain Monk, Śrī Upendrācārya. It has methods scantily found in other Praśna works, such as Praśnamārga, but this work has several unique principles. Jinendramāla contains a detailed application of Udaya, Āruṛha and Chatra Rāśi, which are hardly found elsewhere.

JYOTISH SHASTRA consists of three branches: SAMHITA (Natural Astrology), Tantra (Astronomy), and Hora (Horoscope). Prasna horary Astrology is a branch of Horoscope. Various works exist on Pa, JINENDRAMALA and GNANAPRADIPIKA are two of the works extant that treat of the subject fully. The two works are,cats so exactly like the other that the one may be said to be a version of the oher.

The present work differs from Shatpanchasika and similar works on the subject in this important point.-Viz, that while the latter deal with the heavenly planets the former deals mainly with the same number of invisible planets, supposed to move round in the circle of horizon of which the astrologer occuples the centre. (Vide Stanzas 81, 83 and W of Ch. I). We say mainly, for the heavenly plants are not excluded from its scope. Their places have also to be taken into account especially where the yogas evidently refer to such planets only-as, for instance, where mention is made of two or more planets occupying together a sign of Zodiac, or where the order of the yoga planets in the Zodiac is different from the well-known order of the Aroodha planets as given in Stanza 83 of Ch. I.