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Progeny and Prashna Shashtra

In our culture marriage is a sacrament and one of the aims of marriage is giving birth to children and bringing them up. This is the divine way of continuity of the mankind and hence is considered a way of repayment of debts of our forefathers of fulfilling pita rina. Thus children form the very basic fabric of human existence and around which our efforts, dreams and aspirations revolve. Due to various reasons some couples are deprived of the blessing of being parents. There are numerous cases of delay or denial in getting children, problems relating to pregnancy, miscarriages and still births which are nothing but ramification of our past karmas, good or bad, which we must undergo to fulfill them. In spite of these, every human being wishes to get the very best for himself in life and hence wants to know the remedies for thwarting these evils.   Promise of Progeny has to be first seen in Natal/ Birth Horoscope as the Prashna Horoscope can supplement the Natal/Birth Horoscop...

Prashna Shastra under Astrology

The biggest reason for failed astrological prediction is the non-availability of accurate birth details. In the earlier days either the watches were not available or there was not much stress given to note down the exact time. Generally the deliveries were done by mid-wives at home and they were too busy in saving the life of mother and child hence ignoring the noting of time of birth. Only after they become free from other duties, the time was noted generally to the delay of 10-15 minutes from the exact birth time. In some cases there is total mess in regard to the availability of birth details of day, month and even the birth year. We often hear from our elders of the family it was rainy season or the moon was half or full, leading to the horoscope based on approximations only. This paper deals with the wonderful field of astrology which is popularly known as Prashna Shastra or Horary Astrology. By the study of Prashna Horoscope we cannot ignore the importance of Birth Horos...

Soil testing as per Vaastu Shastra

For prosperity, growth and overall well being, Vastu stresses on the importance of quality of soil as one of the fundamental factors while selecting land for construction. According to Vastu the soil is divided into Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra categories on the basis of colour, taste and smell of the soil. Soil which is white, reddish or yellow, has a sweet smell and is fertile, is considered very auspicious for residential and commercial purposes. The soil which is black in color, has bad odor and tastes bitter is considered inauspicious. Vastu Shastra lays down guidelines to aid you in the Selection of a Site with the ideal  ‘Soil’.  Since  Vastu Shastra  is a science, every guideline is based on logic and reasoning. In this paper I would like to put some light on the methods used under vastu Shasta for testing of soil. Broadly classifying according to Brahmsahita we use three different methods/ techniques for soil testing. FIRST METHOD...