Karmic Astrology—a Study
by Sunita Anant Chavan | 2017 | 68,707 words
This page relates ‘Composite Structure’ of the study on Karmic Astrology and its presentation in Vedic and the later Sanskrit literature. Astrology (in Sanskrit: Jyotish-shastra) is based upon perceptive natural phenomenon of cosmic light forms while the Concept of Karman basically means “action according to Vedic injunction” such as the performance of meritorious sacrificial work.
Part 1.1 - Composite Structure
[Full title: Central Theme and Hypothesis (1): Composite structure]
The correlation depicts a composite form with an all encompassing growth in the literature. It admits the concepts of divinations and Ṛta following from an IndoEuropean parentage inclusive of the nature and light deities which later molded in a native form.
Prayers and oblations to these deities through the medium of sacrifice though a common aspect of the ancient cultures, the transformation of Ṛta into Dharma and the formation of a Nakṣatra system with a setup of exclusively Vedic deities is essentially a composition of a cultural transmutation.
With the emergence of the single original principle, Brahman as the cause, the correlation worked to conjoin the various components of the perceptible world, the effects of the invisible Brahman, depicting its form and action. More so, on the molding of Daiva, a novice in the Upaniṣads and later a central disposition in the rebirth of man, dealt with in the Smṛtis various measures synthesized through the correlation and which are yet prevalent.