PRIMARY SANSKRIT SHASTRA CORPUS (18 CANONICAL WORKS)Prashna Marga (Praśna Mārga)
In the classical Sanskrit astronomical curriculum, Prashna Marga (Praśna Mārga) was composed by Panakkattu Namboothiri of Kerala during the seventeenth century common era for the Prashna and Jataka (Kerala Horary Canon) division of sidereal Jyotish. Within jyotish_corpus_core_v3, Prashna Marga spans 813 verified passages, 778 chapter-tagged segments (95.69%), and 566 numbered shlokas.
Prashna Marga by Panakkattu Namboothiri of Kerala encompasses 32 Chapters (2,700 verses) in its preserved Sanskrit recension. Its doctrinal contribution to the sidereal horoscopic canon covers Prashna Lagna, Arudha and Chatra Rashi computation, Ashtamangala Deva Prashna, Trisphuta and Prana-Deha-Mrityu Sphutas, Badhaka Sthana rules, and Ashtakoota matching.
PROVENANCE & EDITION AUDITIndexed Editions, Shingle Deduplication & Verse Precision of Prashna Marga
During the compilation of jyotish_corpus_core_v3, archival scans of Prashna Marga underwent optical character recognition cleaning and five-word shingle deduplication. Automated boundary parsers extracted explicit chapter and shloka numbers across all preserved manuscripts of Prashna Marga. Every verified passage of Prashna Marga is embedded into a 1,024-dimensional vector space using bge-m3 for exact chapter retrieval.
| Source Identifier | Verified Passages | Chapter Coverage | Citation Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
archive_PrasnaMargaBVR |
813 passages |
778 ch / 566 v |
Enforces the statutory fair-use ceiling of 50 words per quoted excerpt for this edition of Prashna Marga. |
DOCTRINAL SCOPE & TAXONOMIC COVERAGEMathematical & Horoscopic Doctrines Codified in Prashna Marga
Within the eighteen-treatise concordance of Astrowikipedia, Prashna Marga fulfills a clear methodological function: represents the crowning monument of the kerala school of jyotish on badhaka house doctrine, sphuta mathematics, and horary interrogation. Taxonomic indexing of Prashna Marga links 466 passages to planetary Graha mechanics and 315 passages to Bhava house significations. Another 250 passages of Prashna Marga cover divisional varga harmonics, while 205 passages address quantitative planetary strength.
| Taxonomic Pillar | Indexed Passages | Analytical Application |
|---|---|---|
| Planetary Grahas | 466 passages |
Codifies planetary longitudinal dignities, synodic aspects, and natural karaka rules across the chapters of Prashna Marga. |
| Horoscopic Bhavas | 315 passages |
Evaluates Kendra quadrants, Trikona trines, Upachaya growth houses, and Dusthana house results within Prashna Marga. |
| Divisional Harmonics | 250 passages |
Synthesizes natal Rashi ( |
| Nakshatras & Sutras | 222 passages |
Records lunar mansion nakshatra rulings, sutra aphorisms, and electional or synastry kuta rules in Prashna Marga. |
VERBATIM CORPUS FOLIO & TEXTUAL EXEGESISVerified Folio Excerpt from Prashna Marga
This archival passage comes from Prashna Marga (Source ID archive_PrasnaMargaBVR, Chapter 1, Verse 1) in jyotish_corpus_core_v3. Every citation from Prashna Marga preserves strict fair-use word ceilings while anchoring statements to verifiable Sanskrit chapter boundaries.
CORPUSPROVENANCE: Prashna Marga | SourceID: archive_PrasnaMargaBVR | Chapter 1, Verse 1 "1 Prayer 1 2 What Astrology Comprehends 3 3 Who can study Astrology 7 4 Qualifications of an Astrologer 11 5 Different Kinds of Ganitha 14 6 The Five Siddhanthas 16 7 Beginning the Study of Astrology 17"
Cross-referencing Prashna Marga against parallel chapters in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Brihat Jataka, and Phaladeepika separates shared Parashari axioms from regional commentarial rules in Prashna Marga.
SUTRA BLACK LABEL · INDIVIDUAL EPHEMERIS SYNTHESISQuery Prashna Marga Verses Against Individual Birth-Second Charts
This encyclopedia entry catalogs the structure and corpus metrics of Prashna Marga. To run live vector retrieval across all 813 indexed passages of Prashna Marga matched to individual birth-second DE441
813 Prashna Marga PassagesDE441Ephemeris (0.001°)9-Family Shloka Matching16 Shodashavarga Charts
