Jyotish Studio - Classical Reference Feature - Adding User's Own Books How to format your book for importing

into the Classical Ref. Feature

The classical reference feature of Jyotish Studio is a feature which has it's own books within it already, that is, a handful of Jyotish Classical Texts that you can search by words finding the verses containing those words. This is a handy tool for intellectuals to use for other books as well, hence we have added the ability for you to import your own books. To import a book or any block of text, call it a Thesis, a Paper, a Letter, or a Document, the thing must be a text file. So, the first order of business is to save the thing as a pure text file on your hard drive. It cannot contain any formatting from any program. It must be generic ASCII text. All word processors have a "Save as" feature which will allow you to specify this format. Not just word processors... most programs that deal with text will allow this. So do that first. Then, make sure you format the document in the correct way. This way is shown below. The first line is the book name. The line must end with a return. The second line is the authors name. The line must also end with a return. Then it should say "Chapter" as the first word on the next line. It can say just "Chapter 1", or it can say "Chapter 1 - The beginning" , or instead of "the beginning", it will be the name of the first chapter, it can be anything. Then there is a return again at the end of the line. Next, there is a paragraph of text. This is the first paragraph of the book. It is, to the program, just a paragraph of text. The program will make this first paragraph the "first verse" under "Chapter 1". The program calls each paragraph of text within each chapter a "Verse", and will index them, store them that is, underneath their chapter headings. You see, on the windows of this "Classical Ref. Feature", on the various tab panes of the feature that is, you can often click on a book or chapter, and see it's "Verses". So each paragraph becomes a "Verse". It doesn't matter if it is a "verse" or not TO YOU, the program calls each paragraph a "verse". Eventually, after it reads in all the verses under this first chapter, it will encounter your next "chapter", which is simply a line of text that again begins with "Chapter" and then whatever comes after that is up to you on that line. It will make this the next "chapter" entry for this book you are importing, and that will show in the listof chapters. Then, all paragraphs following that are in that chapter. So overall, it's a very easy system. It's just a bunch of paragraphs or lines of text in a long document made of pure text. It reads the first two lines as special items- book name and author name, and then it looks for "Chapter" as the first word on a line, makes such line chapter headings, then each paragraph under each chapter heading is a verse in that chapter. When it's all done reading in the book in this way, it then goes back and "indexes" the words in the chapter heading lines, and the verses (mainly it's for the verses). Indexing means: It stores lists of words, like "nakshatra", "star", "grasp", virtually all words, and it stores pointers to what verses they are in. So when you search on words, it can list the verses from all the books that that word or words is found within, and it can do so instantly, so that searching your books becomes very fast and thorough. So, if you can scan and prepare your books as text files, you are on your way to being able to easily search them. A few important points: This is a rigid system of arranging your document. If you, for example, have no "chapter" lines in your document, it will not work properly. If you have one long block of text with no returns at all, it will not work properly. You must have your document arranged as I said. Have AT LEAST ONE "Chapter" line, if only the first one. Have at least that. Then, do not put your text as one long verse, for then

searches will always just pull up that one long block, and thus you will have gotten nowhere. The program does NOT hilite the words in the text for you, it ONLY brings up the VERSES in a list, which contain the word you seek, or the words you seek, and thus you still have to locate the word within the verse. Therefore, it BEHOOVES YOU to have short paragraphs, or verses, rather than long ones, in your document. Here is an example of the beginning of the Brihat Parashara Hora Sastra book. Note the fist line is title, the second is author, the third is first chapter line, then the verses begin. Brihat Parashara Hora Sastra Parashara Muni Chapter 1. The Creation I prostrate before the lotus-feet of Lord Vighneswara, offspring of Uma, the cause of destruction of sorrow, who is served by Mahabhutas (the five great elements of the universe) etc., who has the face of a tusker and who consumes the essence of Kapittha and Jambu fruits. 1-4. Offering his obeisance to all-knowing Maharishi Parashara and with folded hands, Maitreya said: "O venerable Maharishi, Jyotish, the supreme limb of the...

DO NOT put MULTIPLE RETURNS after each or any paragraphs. This will pro uce pro!le"s. #ou want $ust SIN%LE returns T&ROU%&OUT. 'hen your !oo( is rea y) you can clic( the *I"port* !utton an select the te+t file) an it will o all the wor() an shortly your !oo( will !e rea y for searching. ,elow is a sa"ple fro" within "y sa"ple !oo() showing you how the a itional chapter hea ings appear.

From Surya to Sani no one is exalted in the above-mentioned exaltation Rasis, nor debilitated in the above-mentioned debilitation Rasis. Out of the 5 Kaal Velas, viz. Gulik etc., four except Kaal (related to Surya) have their own Rasi system in the respective Rasis, ruled by their fathers. Gulik, son of Sani, has Kumbh, as his own Bhava. Guru's son, Yamaghantak, has it in Dhanau. Ardhaprahar, Budha's son, is in own Rasi, if in Mithun. Mrityu, son of Mangal, has Vrischik, as own Bhava. It is not known, why Kaal, a son of Surya shifted to Makar, a Rasi of his brother (Sani), leaving his father's Simh. Obviously, Sani has given his Mooltrikon to his son Gulik, while he gave Makar (a secondary Rasi) to his 'brother' Kaal. Chapter 4. Zodiacal Rasis Described 1-2. Importance of Hora. The word Hora is derived from Ahoratr after dropping the first and last syllables. Thus Hora (Lagnas) remains in between Ahoratr (i.e. day and night) and after knowing Hora the good and bad effects of a native be known. Sri Vishnu, the Invisible is Time personified. His limbs are the 12 Rasis, commencing from Mesh. 3. Names of Rasis. The 12 Rasis of the zodiac in order are Mesh, Vrishabh, Mithun, Kark, Simh, Kanya, Tula, Vrischik, Dhanau, Makar, Kumbh and Meen. 4-4 1/2. Limbs of Kaal Purush. Kaal Purush (or Time personified) has his limbs, as under with reference to the 12 Rasis, respectively: Head, face, arms, heart, stomach, hip, space below navel, privities, thighs, knees, ankles and feet. Notice in the a!o-e sa"ple) the line *.hapter /. 0o iacal Rasis Descri!e *. This line will !eco"e a chapter hea ing. 1ll the -erses following it will !e lin(e to it. Notice there are NOT "ultiple returns. ,elow is a picture fro" Microsoft 'or ) showing you what return characters loo( li(e when you ha-e the *Show In-isi!le .haracters* feature turne ON in MS 'or 2

Thus en s the instructions on how to prepare your !oo( for i"porting. 1nyone who rea s this with faith an attention is really into te+t searching. I) Das %ora-ani) co"plete this "onu"ental contri!ution to hu"anity on Oct 34st) 3553) at 6247 1M in Eugene OR US1) alone) in "y (utir) thin(ing of pleasing 8esse) an other intellectual frien s.