Syllabus MSP-II

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The syllabus for MSP-II is to be taught in two parts –

1. Part-A is to be taught through webinars in April 2020-21. Admission is open to all. Fees to be paid online $1008
2. Part-B is to be taught through contact classes in Sep 2021. Admission is no longer restricted for people who can make a commitment to travel to India/Bengal. Others can avail the recordings by joining the course after the course is completed.

Jyotiṣa Principles

1. Navagraha: devatā; propitiation of planets including yajna, devatā-mantra, idol specifications, drawings on silk, worship method and homa process [Ch.86 BPHS]
2. Kendra Rules: riṣṭa and ariṣṭa i.e. riṣṭa bhaṅga
3. Exaltations: Viṣṇu (sattva-purity) avatāra
4. Mūlatrikoṇa or Svakṣetra: Tattva devatā, pañcāyatana pujā; Pañca Brahma (Śiva)
5. Debilitation: Śaktī (tamas-ignorance) and Vidyā (Kālī) as remover of tamas
6. Digbala: Karma Yoga, devatā
7. Rāśi: Dvādaśa Āditya

Curses and their alleviation

• Types of curses [BPHS-Ch.85]
• Bhāva afflictions, curse functioning and timing
• Propitiation, remedy

Birth Affliction

• Evils at birth [BPHS-Ch.87]
• Negative indications
• Propitiation
• Tri-tārā doṣa – trimūrti or tridevī doṣa [BPHS-Ch.97]
• Abnormal births [BPHS-Ch.98]

Pañcāṅga Doṣa

1. Tithi doṣa
   • Amāvāsya doṣa [BPHS-Ch.88]
   • Kṛṣṇa Chaturdaśī doṣa [BPHS-Ch.89]
   • Sun-Moon combination in rāśi/varga; remedy; duryoga or rājayoga?
2. Yoga doṣa
   • Some Inauspicious Yoga [BPHS-Ch.90]
   • Propitiation of duryoga
3. Nakṣatra doṣa
   • Eka-nakṣatra doṣa [BPHS-Ch.91]
4. Vāra doṣa
   • Saṅkrānti doṣa [BPHS-Ch.92]
5. Gaṇḍānta [BPHS-Ch.94]
   • Tithi gaṇḍānta
   • Nakṣatra gaṇḍānta of Moon, Lagna and other graha
   • Gaṇḍānta effects – pada doṣa; abhukta (e.g. Mūla nakṣatra) or bhukta (e.g. Jyeṣṭha nakṣatra); propitiation

Eclipse

• Effect of eclipses at birth
• Remedial measures to be adopted