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On obtaining the aspirant thumb impression, it is handed
over by the Nadi reader at the library, as it the scientific
fact the whirls and loops of every individual is unique and
it is next to impossible to be replicated. The thumb lines
are classified into 108 types. The writings in palm leaf bundles
are indexed & classified in the library according to thumb
impressions to facilitate easy searching of the bundles. For
each thumb impression there are likely to be around 5 to 6
bundles; each such bundle in turn containing 50 to 100 leaves.
One particular leaf might be that of the individual, but the
process of finding out that specific leaf is laborious and
time consuming. The reader has to read out one statement from
the first leaf and it confirms to the individual, he will
read out the second statement to verify its veracity. If this
statement does not hold true for the individual, the reader
passes on the next leaf, discarding the previous one. It will
therefore will be evident that the reader will have to go
on searching leaf after leaf, bundle after bundle to trace
out the one leaf in which all the particulars concerning the
individual correctly appear. To expedite this process, the
aspirant seeker has to extend his full cooperation and support
because this process may take weeks or months.
These
results in the tracing out of not only the index leaf but
also the first leaf of the individual also called General
Kandam. The General Kandam will furnish brief predictions
corresponding to the 12 houses of the individual's birth chart.
It detailed predictions of any particular aspect of one's
life are required, they can be listened from the remaining
11 leaves of that individual's Horoscope.
For
the predictions to come true, Rishi Agasthiya insists that
the individual be free of any previous birth sins. He therefore
suggests and specifies the performance of certain Parihars
remedial procedures to wipe off the maximum extent any such
balance of sins. If these remedies are performed with full
involvement and without any deviation, he assures the happening
of the events predicted by him. These remedial procedures
are to be found in separate chapters called Shanthi & Deekasha. The
taken in locating the right index and subsequently the predictions,
can sometimes span across months.
After
few attempts, searching these index volumes if the native
does not find his or her index page it may be concluded that
either the index is lost or he/she is destined to find it
at later stage.
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