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This work consists of 27 chapters treating respectively of (1) Definitions (2) Karakas (3) the different kinds of sub-divisions of the Zodiac (4) the various kinds of strength of the planets (5) profession and means of livelihood (6) Yogas (7) Rajayogas (8) the effects of planets in the several Bhavas (9) the effects of Mesha and the other signs happening to be the Lagna (10) all about the wife's house (11) female horoscopy (12) children (13) death incidental to childhood (14) all about diseases (15) the Bhavas (16) the effects of the 12 Bhavas (17) exit from the world (18) conjunctions of two or more planets (19) on the Udu Dasas (20) the effects of the Dasas of planets with reference to the Bhavas owned by them (21) the Antardasas or Bhuktis, etc., (22) the Kalachakra system, etc., (23) on Ashtakavarga (24) on the Ashtakavargas as treated in the work "Horasara" (25) on Mandi and the other Upagrahas (26) on transits and (27) on Pravrajya or ascetic Yogas, I shall now mention the place of my birth.
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After worshipping the Goddess Sukuntalamba who bestows on her devotees all that they desire and through her grace, this work Phaladeepika has been prepared by me — Mantreswara — an astrologer and a Brahmana who was born in Tinnevelly — for the enjoyment of other astrologers.
