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The work Jātakālaṅkāra is an ancient indian astronomy by Gaṇeśa Daivajña. The Jātakālaṅkāra focuses only on birth (natal) astrology. It explains how planets and astrological houses affect a person’s life, using clear and elegant language. It also describes many good (benefic) and bad (malefic) astrological combinations. The text is a short classic written in Sanskrit, using a beautiful poetic meter called Srāgdharā Chanda. The text is divided in 7 chapters. The manuscript contains only the first three chapters of Jātakālaṅkāra. First Saṃjñādhyāya-Chapter on the idea of the full text, explaining the names related to the text (f.1a–2b), Second chapter Bhāvādhyāya is on 12 places and characteristics and results of 12 Bhāva like Lagna, Dhana, Yaśa (f.3a–9a), Third chapter Yogādhyāya is covering various planet combinations and their effects (f. 9b–10b). The manuscript is incomplete.
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