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Uttara Kalamrita A Rare Manuscript for Students of Astrology
Author: Navin S
Uttara Kalamrita by Kalidasa
The Kalidasa (write of Uttara Kalamrita) is not the legendary kalidasa poet, Kalidasa (Uttara Kalamrita) was South Indian, belonging to the 17th or early 18th centuries, a devotee of the Great Mother goddess, Para Shakti, Maha Tripura Sundari.
This ancient manuscript is a rare jewel in vedic astrology. The translations for this are avaiable in Hindi and English from leading publishers. The highlights of the book are described hereunder.
1. Rare Shlokas describing the determination of time of birth and rectification techniques for time of birth
2. Positions of Mandi, Gulika how the child delivery happened, location of the child’s father
3. Rare and authentic yogas enlightning the reader on basic of prediction Exaltation, Debilitation, Retrogression, Various Vargas, and Strength Calculation Techniques
4. Longevity determinatoin thorugh various techniques, Long, Short Medium Lifespan calculations both through mathematical calculations and subjective study through placement of planets
5. Effects of Planets & Yogas for Auspicious and Inauspicious happenings Raj Yogas. Excellent basic understanding of vedic astrology principles can be grasped going through these yogas.
6. Effects of Bhava / House Lords their position and association aspects. Special Yogas
7. Vipreet Rajayogas, Special Yogas, Special techniques for finding number of children and their sex, Number of wifes.
8. A rare compendium of Significators no other book on vedic astrology has such an exhaustive list of significators. Its a must read for anyone doing serious vedic astrology study.
9. Dasa Bhukti Results of planets
10. Jaimini Principles explained in brief
11. Special yogas on Rahu and Ketu and their effects on the horoscope.
12. The book also covers basics of Horary (Prashna) Astroloy.
13. Basics of Muhurata (Electional Astrology) are also covered for finding the auspicious time for new house, marriage invitation, engaging a new servant, purchase of vehicles etc.
14. Various Vedic rituals explained in detail.
For a detailed discussion on Uttara Kalamrita and explanations for various yogas related to Natal Vedic Astrology for predicting correct events please visit http://astrosutra.blogspot.com
The Author of this article holds a Jyotisha Visharada from Indian Council of Astrological Sciences Bangalore.
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About the Author
The Author of this article holds a Jyotisha Visharada from Indian Council of Astrological Sciences Bangalore.
For a detailed discussion on Uttara Kalamrita and explanations for various yogas related to Natal Vedic Astrology for predicting correct events please visit the authors blog at http://astrosutra.blogspot.com
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As far as the manuscript itself is concerned,
8-1/2×11 plain white paper printed on one side
1 inch margin on all sides
12 point Courier or Times New Roman font
Double space between lines
Your name and mailing address on the first page
Your last name and the title on all other pages
Approximate word count on the first page (to within the nearest thousand words)
Visit http://www.writersdigest.com to see if there is anything I have forgotten.
Work on writing one book at a time.
Write your story. Type it in proper manuscript form. Edit it many times to make it as good as it can be. Put it in a drawer, and don’t even think about it, for a month or two, then take it out and do more editing. Get it proofread by someone who knows what they are doing (do not rely only on spellcheck).
When you have a finished and edited manuscript, then you can start looking for an agent.
Use a common font that is easy to read, in size 12. Make sure your work is justified (layout wise, so it fills the entire line) and double spaced.
Those are the general rules of manuscripts, but it depends on the publisher that you intend to send it to. Some like thick margins down the left too, but some don’t. I’d go onto the website of some publishers you wish to send it too, on there they often specify how they expect it to be formatted.
A manuscript is basically your completed book, printed out on one side of a stack of paper – double spaced. You’ll want your last name and the title of the book, as well as a page number on each page.
I put mine in the top right hand corner so it looks something like this:
SMITH/This is my Book 145
But there are other formats. Some people will tell you to put your page numbers centered on the bottom of the page. I don’t think it matters so much what format you choose as long as you’re consistent.
New chapters always get a new page, and generally you start the first line of a new chapter a third of the way down the page. Again, there are different styles. I took a novel workshop last summer and all of us had recognizable, legible manuscripts – but none of us had chosen the exact same formatting style, so don’t stress over it.
The cover letter serves as introduction for both you and your book. You want to give a brief description that will really draw someone into reading the manuscript. Examples are available in various how-to write books and also on Miss Snark and Evil Editor’s websites. If you haven’t checked out Miss Snark or Evil Editor, I’d definitely recommend it. They take a lot of the mystery out of the publishing process, along with good doses of humor.
What exactly is a manuscript and a cover letter?
Iam planning on publishing my book once its done and i dont really know what a manuscript is completely. Please explain and if any of you writers out there have anything that you wish you knew before you went and published your book. Anotherwards any advice! Also i want serious people that know what their talking about and not some rude comment!
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Manuscript?
I have several manuscripts that I would like to have published. How do I solicit them to publsihers? How do I know where to find contact information for major publishers?
Wow, you guys have given me great information, thanks. I don’t think that my manuscript format is correct. I typed them all in Word, double-spaced, ect. What margins and spacing should I use? I don’t want to print them out the wrong way. ( I am seventeen and in college so I haven’t had much experience with this, lol).
How do I properly format a novel manuscript? Could I find a manuscript template online?
I have an idea for a novel and I want to write it in proper manuscript format. However, I’m not sure how to adjust my word processor to do this. I was wondering if there is a downloadable manuscript template online? I only found one, and it wasn’t very good.
What is the correct manuscript format for a book and how do you write one? How to get a book series punlished?
Also, I’ve been trying to write a book series, and I realize the manuscript must be done first. If there’s five books do I ahve to write all five manuscripts at once beofre a query any. Or can I handle it one book at a time. How do you get a series published?
What manuscript edition of the Mishnah is considered to be most accurate?
I’m squeezing this in before Shabbos. Maybe someone can help me. Is it Rambam’s? Vilna Ga’on’s? I also found access to many digital editions online at Jewish National University Library. I’d simply like to know which is considered to be the most accurate manuscript available.
Toda.