What is Nadi

The word “Nadi” has four differwnt meanings in Sanskrit literature:

1 “Nadi” means “Swara or breath movement. A human being inhales and exhales on an average about 21600 times a day .Ida (Chandra) pingala (Surya)and Sushumna =Nadis.

2 “Nadi” pulses –are used in Ayurvedic system to find from which disease and to what extent a patient suffers by observing throbbing of pulse felt on the patient’s wrist.

3 “Nadi Kuta”-in matching marriage alliances –Adya Madhya,Antya Nadi used for compatibility.

4 “Nadi” in astrology, is a small unit of are (or its corresponding time) of the zodiac to rise in the East as the ascendant. The word “Nadi” in Astrology is used in this sense.

There are as many as 20 or more ”Nadi” Granthas prevalent in South India. Most of them are in old palm-leaf bundles in Sanskrit but scribed in their southern languages. They are jealously guarded by their owners. These texts are available from different libraries both in Sanskrit and Tamil e.g. G.O.M.L. (Chennai), Mysore University Library (Mysore), Saraswati Mahal Library (Tanjore) etc. In northern parts of India Nadi Granthas are Known as ”Samhitas”.

Various Nadi Granthas Known are as follows.

1)Bhrigu Nadi; 2)Sukar Nadi; 3)Dhruva Nadi;(250000verses by Jaya Muni) 4)Satya Nadi; 5)Surya Nadi; 6)Agastya Nadi; 7) Guru Nadi; 8)Nandi Nadi;9)Budha Nadi; 10)Chandra Kala Nadi (Deva keralam-two authors-Achyuta part-I and Vankatesha part-II);11)Saptrishi Nadi; 12) Kumar Nadi;  13)Nava Nadi; 14) Kuja Nadi; 15)Kaka Bhujander Nadi; 16)Garga Samhita; 17)kapila Nadi; 18) Bhargava Nadi; 19) Sani Nadi;  20)Ishwara Nadi etc. and many more.

The texts of most of the above Nadis are in Sanskrit but copied in southern Indian scripts e.g. tamil, telgu, Malayali and Kannad ones. For studying them they are to be transcribed into Devanagri Script” Some Nadis e.g.Saptarishi Nadi; Suka Nadi; kapila Nadi and kamala muni Nadi are in Tamil.

The Navamsa is the most important sub-division of the Hindu Astrology

Usually the Rasi Chart and the Navamsa Chart are tagged together in the

Sough. The importance of Navamsa is so great that practically every author of the past

(standard texts) has nade use of Navamsa technique in his book Full-fledged book have also

Been written by renowned teachers of astrology mainly based on Navamsa Division such as

Jaimini system kala Chakra Dasa on Navamsa is so vast that if an attempt is made to collect all those verses the total figure would go beyond 3000 verses.

Mantreshwara says that Some  authors are of the opinion that effects emanating from Navamsa Chart are similar or equal to those of Rasi Chart Some astrologers attach to Navamsa  even more value than Rasi itself & the Sun in mesha sign in Thula Navamsa is of no avail for being in exalted sign .On the other hand the Sun being in Thula Rasi in Mwsha Navamsa gives very good results.

These Navamsa techniques properly studied and carefully utilized can enable one to foresee most of the events in native s life without doubt for doing so one has to study well the principles explained in part I of the book and apply them deligently for successful predictions. 

Why Navamsa Chart is given more importance in Parasara’s Shodasha Vargas?

(1)   It very significant that Nakshatra quarter is identifild with Navamsa Both are not only of the same length (are) but their  lines of demarcation are also identical .It is for this reason that the Navamsa Division is the most important amongst all the 16 vargas In Southern India no astrologer would look at a Rasi Chart without Navamsa Chart Some astrologers attach to Navamsa Chart more importance than Rasi Chart because a planet happy (Grahanan Balam).

(2)   Vimshopak: Amsa divisions are magnified projections and as such the findings from Rasi Chart are to be modulated In Vimshopak Rasi gets 6 points out of a total of 20 points Next in importance is Dwadasamsa get 2 points each and Trimshamsa gets only one point.

(3)   Navamsa chart gives a clue about the exact position of planets to greater accuracy ,e.g. in Meena lagna the Sun is Vargottama one san safely say that he is between 11s -26,0-40’to 12s-00’0-00

(4)   Lordships of Navamsa signs are the same as those of Rasis i.e.having the same order.

(5)   Use of Navamsa-tulya Rasi and Rasi-tulya Navamsa is made only in Navamsa chart and any other division (varga)

In short

1 Navamsa chart is back done (meru-Danda) and Rasi chart is nsg the body only;

2 Navamsa chart is fruit and rasi chart is atree;

3 Navamsa chart is Xray photo and Rasi chart is photopicture;

4 Navamsa chart is Antar/Bhukti and Rasi chart is Maha Dasa;

5  Navamsa chart is Sookshma Vidhaga and Rasi chart is sthoola Vibhaga;