Prasna Tantra

Prasna Tantra[1] is a famous work of Neelakantha on Horary astrology.[2]

Prasna Tantra
Neelakantha Daivagnya, the author of Tajika Neelakanthi was the minister and court
astrologer of Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Akbar. Prasna Tantra is based on the Author Neelakantha
Tajika system of prognostication. It comprises 430 slokas divided into four chapters, Translator Bangalore Venkata
and is written in the usual Sanskrit Sloka – format. It is believed that this work, Raman
which is compact and comprehensive, proven and applicable to modern conditions, Country India
is the Third Tantra or division of Neelakantha’s larger work, Tajika Neelakanthi.
Language Sanskrit
Prasna Tantra is divided into four chapters, viz – Prasna Vichara (preliminaries),
Bhava Prasna (questions bearing on different houses), Vishesha Prasna (special Subject Astrology
questions) and Prakirnakadhyaya (concluding remarks). The aspects considered by
this work are those of the Tajika system, an aspect by itself has no orb but planets have orbs of operation; Yogas in this system arise
on the basis of applying and separating aspects, the closer the yoga (Ithsala etc.,), the more certain will be the results.[3] The rules and
methods initiated by this text have found favour with astrologers since the time it was written and came to light around 1580 A.D.
[4][5][6] .[7]
Prasna Tantra by Neelakantha and Daivagya Vallabha of Varahamihira are a must to cover Prasna or Horary astrology

See also
Ashtamangala prasnam

References
1. Neelakantha. Prasna Tantra (https://books.google.com/books?id=OtkZAAAAMAAJ&q=Prasna+Tantra&dq=Prasna+T
antra&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tvq6UOa1CIrxrQfejYHoA w&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA). Bangalore Venkata Raman. Bangalore:
Raman Publications.
2. Hart De Fouw. Light on Life (https://books.google.com/books?id=jBzSLNNbTWwC&pg=P
A13&dq=Prasna+Tantra&hl
=en&sa=X&ei=tvq6UOa1CIrxrQfejYHoAw&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Prasna%20T antra&f=false). Lotus
Press. p. 13.
3. B.V.Raman. Prasna Tantra (Horary astrology)(http://astrobix.com/books/1068_Prasna-T
antra-Horary-Astrology).
4. Namita Gokhale. Gods, Graves and Grandmother(https://books.google.com/books?id=k2EUXSOEtaMC&pg=PA143
&dq=Prasna+Tantra&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vAG7UMyIGIqKrgeG5oC4AQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwA TgK#v=onepage&q=Prasn
a%20Tantra&f=false). Penguin Books India. p. 143.
5. Gayatri Devi Vasudev. The Art of Matching Charts(https://books.google.com/books?id=OtkZAAAAMAAJ&q=Prasna
+Tantra&dq=Prasna+Tantra&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tvq6UOa1CIrxrQfejYHoA w&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA). New Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidass Publishers. p. 17.
6. M.R.Bhat. Essentials of Horary Astrology(https://books.google.com/books?id=ItY0V3LUZscC&pg=P
A29&dq=Prasna
+Tantra&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tvq6UOa1CIrxrQfejYHoAw&ved=0CE8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Prasna%20T antra&f=fal
se). p. 29.
7. "Vedic Astrology Shastras Library"(http://www.astrojyoti.com/bphsindex.htm).

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