Parashari school
Saravali · सारावली
A detailed expansion of natal combinations and their described results.
Attributed to
Kalyana Varma
Approximate period
c. 800 CE
Rights status
source_text_public_domain
What it covers
Wide catalogue of planetary placements by sign and house, combinations, and the results attributed to them.
Extensive treatment of planetary combinations, sign and house results and nativity analysis.
Signature methods
- Long lists of placement-by-placement results
- Careful ordering of yogas by type
- Frequent cross-reference to earlier authorities
What makes it different
Its value is coverage: for a given placement there is usually an entry, which makes it a good corroboration source rather than a first authority.
How the Parashari school reads a chartChapter-by-chapter summary
Saravali runs to roughly 55 chapters of catalogue material. The groups below follow the subject blocks common to all editions.
How to work through Saravali
- 1Use Saravali as a corroboration source — look up the placement you already suspect rather than reading straight through.
- 2Check the planetary-nature chapters before relying on any result chapter.
- 3Read the yoga blocks with their cancellation notes attached.
9 entries covering the full text
These summaries describe what each chapter covers in Astravya's own words. No verses are translated or reproduced.
Glossary
- Combination
- Two or more planetary factors read together as a single indication.
- Phalaफल
- The stated result of a combination.
Published rules cited from this text
Planets in the eleventh house give gains
Almost any planet placed in the eleventh house is considered to bring gains, the nature of which follows the planet: benefics through friends and favour, malefics through effort and competition.
When it applies: Income and wealth questions.
Saravali Saravali, bhava effects
Moon-Mars combination (Chandra-Mangala)
Moon and Mars together are described as giving enterprise and earning ability, with a warning about impulsive temperament.
When it applies: Stronger when the combination falls in a good house.
Saravali Planetary combinations
Sanskrit source text is public domain; modern English renderings are not.
Every summary on these pages is Astravya's own wording of a classical principle. Sanskrit verses are not reproduced unless the source wording is out of copyright or licensed, and each published rule records its chapter, verse and rights basis.