Tummuna Mushti Sneezing and Its Effects By V.Raghavendra Rao

Article by V.Raghavendra Rao

Title of the Manuscript is Tummuna Musti comes under Sakuna Sastra engraved on Palm Leaves in Telugu script and language, placed in the racks of  manuscripts Library, Oriental Research Institute, SV University, Tirupati with Accession No: D-1262. Size of Palm Leaf is 6inches in length and 1 inch in width written in 31 leaves engraved on both sides.(Scanned images of all the leaves are attached herewith). Author, Date of Manuscript and Colophon are not available.

In this Sastra time is divided into Jhamu, a time division of ancient Indian system..  For 24 hours 8 Jhamus i.e., Day time 4 Jhamus and night time 4 Jhamus. The Results of day and night jhamus are one and the same. If anybody sneezes, first observe the week day and the direction to which he/she faced and sneezed, note it down and see the table given below for knowing Sakuna/omen.

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 About Author: Raghavendra Rao hails from Tirupati a well known pilgrimage centre in India. He has studied M.A. Indian Culture and M.A. Astrology.  He has  published 20 articles in Telugu and edited and published Four Unpublished Palm Leaf Manuscripts in Telugu language. He is deeply interested in bringing out rare manuscripts translated into English for the benefit of astrology lovers worldwide. Saptarishis Astrology honors the spirit of Shri Raghavendra Rao.