2. Mahakavi Kalidasa
The Yaksa exhorts the Clouds –
Meghaduta - to be the messenger
to his wife
Navaratnas in the Court of Emperor
Vikramaditya of Ujjain
But, Kalidasa and Varaha Mihira
are not Contemporaries ?
3. Varaha Mihira
Navaratna in the Court of Vikramaditya
Court Astronomer and Astrologer
Pancha-Siddhantika
Brihat Samhita
4. Modern Meteorology & Weather
Forecasting
Clear blue skies and moderate
temperatures welcome the spring
season in the bay areas
Cloudy skies and brief showers expected
in the evenings of the monsoon or rainy
season, as well as snow fall
Varaha Mihira – The Ancient Weather
Forecaster
5. The Clouds, Rainfall and
Weather Forecasting
As food is the support of life and food
depends upon rain; it is important to
discover the laws of rain by any means.
4
Brihat - Samhita
6. The Varaha Mihira - Meteorology
& Weather Forecasting
“Garbalakshanam” describes rain clouds
as pregnant (formation of clouds) and
relates rainfall with astronomy,
planetary conjunctions as well as other
related phenomena of wind and
sunlight. Thus he proceeds to predict
rainfall from the pregnancy of clouds,
there conception and rain delivery.
7. Cloud Nature and Rainfall
Colour shapes and the formation of
rainbows as well as the nature of lightning
are equally well observed and described in
relation to rainfall
Clouds resembling pearls or silver or
having the complexion of tobacco, lotus or
collyrium and of the shape of aquatic
animals foretell profuse rain
8. Rain Forecasting
Auspicious characteristics for nourishing
rain-foetuses are: pleasant, soft,
northerly, northeasterly or easterly
winds; clear sky; moon and sky covered
by a glossy, bright and thick halo; an
overcast sky with large dense, smooth
needle-like or razor-shaped red, black
or blue clouds and a bright moon and
other stars
9. Varaha Mihira Predictions and
Modern Meteorology
A scholarly treatise and meteorological
observation and experimentation along
with comparison of modern
meteorological studies with Varaha Mihira
Meticulous and meritorious meteorology
enshrined in the Brihat-Samhita – a
comparative study over four Indian regions
situated in diverse climatic zones – K.
Vanadeep, R. Sada Siva Murty, M. Krishnaiah,
Ind J. Innovations and Developments, 2012,
4(1), 229-90
10. Varaha Mihira Predictions and
Modern Forecasting
Varaha Mihira predictions based on the
movement of Venus, Raahu’s course,
lunar/planetary conjunctions, Sun’s
movements, wind, cloud directions etc.
over four Indian regions viz. Tirupati,
Ajmer, Shillong and Port Blair
Correspondences above 50 % and
correlations in some cases upto from 80 to
100 %
11. Modern Meteorology – The
Clouds
Latin nomenclature introduced by Luke
Howard
Cirriform, Cumuliform, Cumulonimbiform,
Stratocumuliform, and Stratiform
33. Lightning and Thunder
Electrically charged Clouds
Electricity is intrinsic in Water – The
Element
Varaha Mihira could have changed
Indian and World History if he had
Discovered Electricity !
35. Modern Science – Ancient
Shastras
Meteorology
Study of Clouds and Related
Phenomena – Tornadoes, Cyclones and
Rainfall
Lightning – Inspired by Benjamin
Franklin’s Kite Flying – Sophisticated
Experiments and Studies
Cloud Seeding and Artificial Rainfall
Varuna Yagaam
37. The Water Cycle
Water Bodies – Ponds, Rivers, Lakes,
Seas and the Ocean
Snow Clad Mountains, Glaciers, The Ice
Poles, Artic and Antartica
Water Vapour – The Clouds, Rain and
Snow
Green House Effect of Water – The
Clouds
38. Water – The Element
Photosynthesis
CO2 + H2O === Glucose + Energy
CO2 is Well known and Role in Global
Warming Recognized
H2O has an even more important Role !
The Role of Plants
The Role of Clouds
39. The Elements – 118 –
Mendeleev’s Periodic Table
Revolutionized the Material World and
Understanding of Nature
Transformation of the Elements
41. Religion And Science
Religion – Belief and Faith
Science – Disbelief, No Faith, Questions,
Tangible Evidence and Proof
But, There is Belief in Dis-belief
So, Questions are Prompted by Belief !
42. The Pancha Maha Boothas
5 Temples – Shiva Linga Consecrated –
(Why not Vishnu or Brahma ?)
Element Lingam Temple Location
Earth Prithvi Ekambareswarar Kanchipuram
Fire Agni - Jyothi Arunachaleshwarar Thiruvannamalai
Water Appu - Jambu Thiruvanaikaval Trichy
Sky Akasha Natarajar Chidambaram
Air Vayu Sri Kalahastheeswara
Swami
Kalahasthi
43. Study of the 5 Elements
The Ancients were Masters of the 5
Elements and their Transformation
(Compare to Modern Science - 118
Elements!)
Wholistic Knowledge of the 5 Elements of
Nature Consecrated in our Temples and
thus Passed on through Religion and God
- Shiva
Study of Especially Water !
Human Enlightenment
44. Terra Farming –Alien Worlds –
Signs of Water - Signs of Life
Billions of Stars (The Element Agni or
Fire) but no life
Exo-Planets or Earth (Prithvi the second
element) but also no Life
Third –Water – Can Boldly Foretell -
Signs of Water = Signs of Life and Alien
Beings like Humanity and Earth like
Worlds
Water – Moon – Chandrayaan - NASA
45. Shabistari - Water
If you cleave the heart of one drop
of water there will issue from it a
hundred oceans
47. WATER
Verily all this is water. All the created beings
are water. The vital breaths in the body are
water. Quadrupeds are water. Edible crops
are water. Ambrosia is water. Samrāṭ is
water. Virāṭ is water. Svarāṭ is water. The
metres are water. The luminaries are water.
Vedic formulas are water. Truth is water. All
deities are water. The three worlds denoted
by Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ and Suvaḥ are water. The
source of all these is the supreme, denoted
by the syllable om.
