ಜೈಮಿನಿ ಜ್ಯೋತಿಷ್ಯ: ಪರಾಶರ ಜ್ಯೋತಿಷ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸೂತ್ರಾಧಾರಿತ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ

The Historical and Philosophical Basis of Jaimini Jyotisha

Jaimini Jyotisha derives from the Jaimini Sutras, a text attributed to the sage Jaimini and commented upon extensively by later scholars including Neelakantha, Raghava Bhatta, and Srikantha. Unlike the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, which provides a relatively complete and systematic exposition, the Jaimini Sutras are notoriously terse and deliberately cryptic — Jaimini himself is said to have encoded them so that only initiated students with the oral tradition could correctly decode the rules. This textual ambiguity has led to several schools of Jaimini interpretation, with the Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra traditions each preserving slightly different decoding keys. Despite these interpretive variations, several foundational principles are common across all authentic Jaimini lineages. First, Jaimini prioritises sign-based relationships over Graha-based relationships: Rasi Drishti (sign aspects) operates differently from standard Parashara Graha Drishti and is the primary aspect system in Jaimini. Second, Jaimini's Chara Karaka system assigns functional meanings to Grahas based on their current degree position in the natal chart, not their fixed natural significations. Third, Jaimini's Dasha systems — there are multiple, including Chara Dasha, Sthira Dasha, Narayana Dasha, and Shoola Dasha — are sign-based rather than Nakshatra-based, creating a completely different temporal framework than Vimshottari. These three departures from Parashara give Jaimini a distinct flavor: more directional, more fate-oriented, and particularly powerful for life-trajectory prediction.