Naadi Josiyam - Myth or Math - Part I

Naadi Josiyam is an offbeat type of astrology. Unlike traditional indian astrology derived from planetary positions. Naadi is not predictions but supposed to be record of events, written over 2000 years back by holy men.

Its easy to doubt its pedigree and existence. If Naadi exists for each and every person in the world, not to forget those who have passed away in the recent years. The repository should be in the size of a huge library.

SUPPORTING ARGUMENT

From what I witnessed, each bundle carried about 100 names/combinations. Howsoever be the sorting algorithm, housing india's records alone would mean 110 crore/100 = 1.1 crore bundles, phew!!!

COUNTER ARGUMENT

The counter-argument presented is wrapped in mysticism. They say that not everyone will come in search of their records and thats why that name Naadi(To come in search of). Therefore it is also written for who may gets access to his/her Naadi records.

The second argument is the existence of such a thing. Its humanly impossible to write 600 crores or more records and not to miss the supporting documents as in 1-14(Gandams-subsects of main records). An entire lifetime would not have been enough given the writing techniques of that period. Unless, this takes another magical angle saying that Agathiar(a revered holy man) sprinkled water on barren trees and it got converted into records. (This is a fragment of my imagination)

COUNTER-ARGUMENT

The counter argument is simple, they are not ordinary men. God's hand is there, in forming these records. You can't argue with that can you?

The final argument is about the survival of these records over a 2000 years period, where Tamil has seen a major change in its character-set, words, dictionary, etc. Palmyra leave manuscripts have a very short lifetime and if these records have been reproduced over time.

1. Reproducing all these records and sharing these with several institutes all over India is a huge ask.

2. Why do we still painfully reproduce them in palmyra leaves rather than writing in paper if not computers. This seems a gimmick rather than means of saving the records.

My personal account of the Naadi visit and other information in the next blog.