Publisher's Synopsis
Phaladeepika Malayalam Translation Phaladeepika is a treatise on Indian astrology.The text is written in lyrical Sanskrit verse and comprises 865 slokas and 28 chapters. Very little is known about its author, Mantreswara, who is believed to have lived in the 13th century CE. He was born Markandeya Bhattathiri in a family of Namboodari Brahmins in Panchgiri village of Tirunelveli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was a devotee of Sukuntlambika Devi and was well-versed in many branches of knowledge; he had traveled to far-off places in India in search of knowledge. He had renounced the world and had finally died in Tirunelveli; his date of birth and his date of death are not known. According to one belief Mantreswara was born in Shalivati in Tamil Nadu and according to another, he was born in Kerala. Whether he lived in the 13th century or in the 16th century remains undecided. His work, Phaladeepika, though very popular in South India and from a very long time in the past available in Southern languages script-versions came to light when its original Sanskrit (Wikipedia) Remarks by the author: The truth is, according to my knowledge, his name, place of birth, time of living, caste etc. are all speculations. Bhattathiri or Namboodiri is Kerala Brahmin. But if he belonged to Tamil Nadu, he can be a Bhattar (Pattar). Further it has not been proved beyond doubt when lived and where he worked. This book is a Malayalam translation of Phaladeepika, chapter 21 on different systems to assess longevity
