Yogaarnava: Yogas in Indian Astrology

by V.S. Kalyanraman

This book is a compilation of YOGAS in Indian Astrology that are specific planetary combinations, identifiable in any horoscope, which are deemed to have the special power and capacity of bringing forth some explicit results, good or bad. They are found in abundance and lie scattered by mention, in the various astrological texts of yore. Though technically any conjunction of planets can go under the classification of yoga, the ancient astrological treatises have identified some of the select ones as something special and categorized them under explicit nomenclatures that are suggestive of their precise attributes. This book is aimed to aid the right technique of interpretation of yogas, rather than their enumeration. Innovative in intention and investigative in insight, the book leads the reader through the labyrinths of varied versions, contentious, conciliatory and conflicting among themselves to arrive at a compatible conclusion. Through an incisive evaluation, the book helps the reader to appraise them appropriately. In addition it engulfs itself with an encyclopaedic content of many informative inputs. In short it is a vade-mecum for anyone, whose passion is astrology.

Brief Contents

1.Naabhasayogas; Yogas based on Bhavas; Yogas based on Lagna or Langna Lord; Yogas recknoned from Lagna and Planets; Yogas based on Lords of houses, Yogas of Dhana and Bhagya, Raja yogas or Yogas of alluence, Yogas of Learning, proficiency and intelligence, Yogas conferring shelter, body and comforts, Yogas relating to family, relatives and friends and character, Yogas of misfortune, Yogas with negative and positive bhava dispositions, Miscellaneous yoags, Index.

V.S. Kalyanraman is a mathematician and amateur astronomer by training, a bureaucrat by profession and a student of astrology by passion, the author had his traditional training in astrology in his teens, under a couple of doyens of Gurus of yesteryears, with a vow not to turn a professional. Commencing his career as a teacher in Kerala completed it as a Senior Class I officer of the Government of India. After a stint of story writing in Tamil in the fifties, turned to serious study of Saiva Siddhanta, Philosophy, Psychology, Vedic Mathematics, Bharateeya Ganitha Sastra, Jyothisha (astronomy), the various astrological systems, Vastu Sastra, Vedic Numerology and allied disciplines, under various masters of repute. As a freelancer, though was contributing on varied topics, occasionally to various magazines in English, Tamil and Malayalam, mostly under disguise, for decades and has received many awards and accolades, would prefer to remain, anonymous and a student, till his last breath.