| Author | Janardan Harji |
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| Language | Sanskrit |
| Subject | Astrology |
| Publication place | India |
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Mansagari is a popular classical treatise on Hindu predictive astrology.[1] It is written in the usual poetic form in the traditionalSanskritSloka format; the language and the method of expression used are both simple and unambiguous, and therefore, easy to understand. Its author, Janardan Harji, about whom not much is known, was the son of Janardan, of Gurjar Mandala (present-day Indian state ofGujarat), who belonged to the Shandilya Gotra, who was also a learned and renowned astrologer of his time and place.[2]This text, comprising five chapters, covers briefly the essential parts of Ganitha and Siddhanta,[3] but deals with the Phalita portion ofHindu astrology in far greater detail. It has described numerousyogas andRaja yogas and also narrated their effects, as also the results of the planetary dashas as all majordasha systems in vogue. Along with the more renowned works ofParashara andVarahamihira, Mansagari has remained a standard reference book.[4][5] The book,Three Hundred Important Combinations, was written byBangalore Venkata Raman on the basis of Jataka Tantra, Parashara Hora Sastra and Mansagari.[6]
Mansagari is credited with revealing many unique principles that have withstood the test of time;[7] one such principle pertains to thePanch Mahapurusha yogas to the effect that the conjunction of either theSun or theMoon with the planet giving rise to thisyoga cancels that particular Panch Mahapurusha yoga orRaja yoga;[8] in which regard the study of itsBhaveshphala Nirupana section of Second Chapter assumes prime importance.
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