Rakshashi Vidya

Rakshashi Vidya By Abhishekha, USA

He

was introduced to jyotish by his

Kulguru at the age of eight. After the initial trigger early in life, he has pursued the study of jyotish with utmost passion ever since. He writes with the pen name Abhishekha and is the Editor/Publisher of AIAC Times, Chicago.

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have always believed that true treasure of jyotish knowledge is hidden in the rich regional jyotish literature of India. This age and time seems to be the perfect time for all jyotish enthusiasts to join hand to uncover the rich knowledge hidden in regional jyotish literature. In such a search I often visit libraries and in one of such numerous visits an apparently dust covered book grabbed my attention. A book called “Kosthi Dekha Sikhun” (Learn to read your own chart) in Bengali by Sri Vishwanath Chowdhury caught my attention and I borrowed it from the library. The details of the book is given below –

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ooks titled “Learn to read your own chart” or titles even vaguely similar to these are the last books of Earth in jyotish that I am drawn to, be it written in any language. However, what grabbed my attention in this book was the little note below its title. The translation of it in English would read – “Ashtakvarga Results, Everyday fate results, Results based on Tibetan Tantrik astrology and results based on the astrology of the Arabian Fakirs”. To see if I could find something interesting, I brought the book home. I will like to share one particular method from the book which I found exceedingly interesting. The author in the third chapter mentions about something called Rakshashi Vidya. He claims that he has visited many a Bhaivaris (Tantriks) in many a samsans (funeral grounds) and have learnt this method from them. I am trying to provide this method that the author has written in Bengali in this article.

The alphabets are classified into groups of eight. In Rakshashi Vidya, these eight groups are allocated special significance. Now, one needs to note that the Sanskrit and the Bengali alphabets are almost identical, thus we can say that-

Alphabet Range

Classification Rasi

अ-औ

Dhwaja

Leo

क–ङ

Dhumra

Aries, Scorpio

च–ञ

Simha

Taurus, Libra

ट–ण

Shwan

Gemini, Virgo

त–न

Vrisha

प–म

Khar

य-व

Gaja

Sagittarius, Pisces Capricorn, Aquarius Cancer

श-ह

Dhwankha

Cancer

The author then explains how to use this scheme in Prasna Tantra. The querent (person seeking astrological service) is asked to name a fruit by the jyotish. The first letter of the

fruit is to be taken into consideration and then the above mentioned table is used to determine which rasi(s) are applicable to the Prasna. The author then goes on to provide a predictive list –

Event Profit – Loss Question

Result Leo, Sagittarius, Pisces, Libra or Taurus signs denotes success. Rest of the signs denotes loss. Success at work, for a task type Leo, Cancer, Sagittarius, Pisces, Libra Question or Taurus denotes very fast positive results. Gemini, Virgo, Capricorn or Aquarius denotes delayed results. Rest of the signs denotes failure. Success in court cases type Question Leo, Sagittarius, Pisces, Libra or Taurus signs denotes success. Rest of the signs denotes loss. Bonus, Gain, Expectation type Sagittarius, Pisces, Libra, Gemini, Question Virgo denotes success, rest of the signs denote negative results. The author ends the chapter thus sharing the knowledge he learned from Tantrik’s called the Rakshashi Vidya.

Practical Application

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am giving below an example [Prasna application] of this knowledge.

On December 1, 2011, 4:33:42 pm, Chicago, Illinois, USA I was asked a Prasna by a lady. Her Prasna was – “I have a very stable relationship with the man I love. He is seeking divorce from his wife. Will the divorce come about smoothly?” The question was a genuine question since the man and his wife [legal] had no relationship for the past two years and he was living with this lady since. I had asked for a fruit that comes to her mind and she mentioned Pomegranate. The Sanskrit name for Pomegranate is Dadima. Based on Rakshashi Vidya, it comes to the slot of Vrisha varga. The Prasna Chart is given below-

Visha varga gives Dhanu or Meena as the sign which should be considered to be the signficator for the Prasna. Here, we clearly see Shukra in Dhanu and the prasna is about marriage. Now, we construct the chart from Dhanu and we get the below chart –

The question pertains to a legal issue and thus, it best fits in the category of “Success in court case” category.

According to Rakshasha Vidya, Success in court cases type Question

Leo, Sagittarius, Pisces, Libra or Taurus signs denotes success. Rest of the signs denotes loss.

The sign Dhanu guarantees success in this case. Additional rules of Prasna also be applied on this chart, but that is out of scope for this article. For readers, a ready reference for Sanskrit names of some fruits is being provided below. Hope readers find this method useful and share it with others. Readers are requested to visit the below links for better understanding of the English equivalent of Sanskrit words – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit