AN INTRODUCTION TO KASHYAPA HORA NADI PRASNA

Dr. Nemani Venkata Raghunatha Rao is from Parvatipuram Near Vizag), India and lives in San Francisco, USA. He has been practicing Vedic Astrology since 2002.

A doctorate in Business Management by profession. His Jyotish Teachers are: H. Ramadas Rao, Pt. Sanjay Rath, Pt. Dakshinamoorthy Ramasamy,Swami Omkar and Madhu Babu Prakhya. He has received Jyotish Visharada from the Council of Vedic Astrology CVA), USA and he can be reached via email: [e-mail]

lam writing this paper because of my sheer desire to share some foundations of Kashyapa Hora

Nadi. What you read in this paper which also

have presented as part of Surya Prakash Memorial Endowment Lecture you can watch the lecture at https://youtu.be/3e01TPNM8ms) on December

16, 2021, and is an extract from Sri R G Rao Ji’s Kashyapa Hora Nadi Book. sincerely hope that

you will read Kashyapa Hora Nadi Book and make a sincere attempt to understand and continue refining these principles by doing some deeper research and practice.

Kashyapa Hora is a Nadi based Prasna Shastra which was written in ancient Sanskrit and Tamil language

in palm leaves. This is written in Vedic times. So, the time is not known to us. Maharshi Kashyapa was explaining this unique Nadi system of Prasna Shastra to his disciples on the banks of river Cauvery.

Who is Kashyapa Rishi

Here have to tell a few words about the Great Maharshi Kashyapa. Lord Brahma is responsible for the creation of Maanasa. Shatarupa and Swayambhu Manus are responsible for the creation of Manushya or Human being. Lord Brahma’s son is Marichi and his wife was Kala Devi. Maharshi Kashyapa was

born to these two. Through Maharshi Kashyapa and his consort Aditi, all Devas like Indra, Surya etc., are born. Even Lord Vishnu took his birth as Vamana from Kashyapa and mother Aditi. So Rigveda tells clearly that Kashyapa Maharshi is Deva Pita or simply Saakshaat Paramatma or Lord Vishnu and mother Aditi as Deva Maata.

Sri R.G. Rao Ji had mentioned in his Nadi book: