Ṣaṭpañcāśikā — The Fifty-Six Verses on Praśna is a concise classical Sanskrit work on Praśna Jyotiṣa, the branch of Jyotiṣa that seeks answers from the horoscope cast for the moment a question is asked. The work is attributed to Pṛthuyaśas, son of Varāhamihira, and its fifty-six verses are arranged into seven chapters covering a remarkably wide range of questions.

Within its compact verses, the text addresses questions about success and failure, disputes, journeys, absent persons, lost property, illness, rainfall, and even the thoughts of the questioner. It preserves an older vocabulary of Praśna Jyotiṣa, including traditional house names and classifications that are unfamiliar to many modern readers.

This Complete English Teaching Edition makes the classical work accessible to modern students while preserving its traditional foundation. The book presents the Sanskrit text with IAST transliteration, English translation, clear explanations, practical rules, examples, and worked horoscopes.

The accompanying AI Prompt Book provides practical prompts for studying and applying the rules with modern AI assistants. The prompts are designed to keep the AI anchored to the actual text rather than allowing it to introduce unrelated rules from other systems of astrology.

This edition is especially useful for students and practitioners who want to explore classical Praśna Jyotiṣa directly from an important Sanskrit source, while having a clear English guide for understanding and practical study.

A short classical text — but a remarkably wide window into the traditional art of answering questions through Jyotiṣa.