Acknowledgement

I submit my humble salutations to His Holiness Jagadguru Sri. Jayendra Saraswathi and His Holiness Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamiji of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam who guide and lead the Kanchi Kamakoti Charitable Trust for their blessings and benedictions for endowing me with an opportunity to embark on such a designated research. I am indebted to the most renowned Sri Chandrasekhara Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya (Deemed University) Enathur, Kancheepuram-631 561 for having given me the opportunity to accomplish Research work seeking Ph.D. I deferentially prostrate before my beloved mother Smt. K.K. Vishalakshi Amma for having showered all the benedictions and who has always bolstered me up showing the real path igniting eternal ‘Jyoti’ all the time.

I express my most humble veneration to Prof. Dr. V.S.Vishnu Potty, the Honourable Guide of Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathy Viswa Mahavidyalaya for his magnificent guidance and supervision in making this research endeavour a reality. I owe special thanks to Sri. T.Venugopalan, the Head of the Department and Dr. Shankaranarayanan, Dr. Rabeendranath Jeana and Office Staff of Sanskrit Department and Indian Culture, for their consent and generosity in the guidance to streamline the thesis as per the methodological norms of Inter-disciplinary Research.

I have been fortunate to be the recipient of the Post-Graduation Degree from Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University Hyderabad and Department of Jyotisha and I owe an immeasurable debt of thanks to that great Institution. I offer with utmost reverence my earnest thanks to the most respected Traditional Guru(s) Sri. Palathully Kalarickal Achyuthan Panicker, Sri. Padur Klarickal Pramod Panicker and Sri. Ravindranath Thekkedath, who blessed with coruscating Axioms of science of Astrology enabling me in deliberating such a sacrosanct interdisciplinary research.

I express my sincere thanks and gratitude to Sri. K.V.Anatanarayanan (Sales Tax Commissioner (Retd)., Palakkad; Prof. Dr. Padur.A.Subrahmanya Sastrigal (Sanskrit & Astrology Dept., Prist University, Tanjavur); Prof. Dr. Rajan, History Department and Asst. Prof. Sindhu, Sanskrit Department, all belonging to Govt. Victoria College, Palghat (Calicut University), who extended generous support by sharing their encyclopedic knowledge and literary brilliance which contributed substantially in the successful culmination of this inter-disciplinary research. Without their guidance and invigoration, this thesis could never have evolved to the extent that it has.