Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra - The Sacred Foundation

5,000 Years of Wisdom
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Name: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS) - Free RAG Vector Search API
Author: VedAstro

The Original Source of Vedic Horoscopy

The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra is the foundational text of Vedic astrology, written by Maharshi Parasara over 5,000 years ago. Now, all 482 pages and 18,411 passages are instantly searchable through our free AI-powered vector search API.

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482 Pages

Complete BPHS text

18,411 Passages

Searchable text chunks

Vector Search

AI semantic retrieval

$1/month

Unlimited searches

Why BPHS?

Written by Maharshi Parasara over 5,000 years ago, the BPHS is not a modern compilation or interpretation—it is THE original source.

Every other Vedic astrology system (Jaimini, Saravali, modern texts) builds upon or references this foundational work.

Direct access to the sage's wisdom—not filtered through modern authors or derivative compilations.

Comprehensive Coverage

Planetary Characters

Nature, dignities, strengths of all 9 grahas

Zodiacal Signs & Nakshatras

12 rashis, 27 lunar mansions, characteristics

Divisional Charts (Vargas)

All 16 divisional charts explained

Yogas & Combinations

Raja yogas, Dhana yogas, Arishthas

Dasha Systems

Vimshottari, Ashtottari, and other dasha methods

Longevity & Rectification

Ayurdaya, prana sphuta, birth time correction

How Vector Search Works

Find exactly what you need in milliseconds

Ask in Plain English

"What does BPHS say about Saturn in 7th house?" — no complex query syntax needed.

AI Finds Relevant Passages

Vector embeddings understand meaning — matching concepts even if exact words differ.

Get Exact Sources

Receive passages with page numbers and relevance scores — cited and verifiable.

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Who benefits from BPHS vector search

AI Astrology Apps

Build RAG pipelines powered by the foundational text. Perfect for LangChain, LlamaIndex, or custom ML stacks. Ground your AI in authoritative classical sources.

Students & Researchers

Quickly find specific sutras, cross-reference concepts, cite sources. No more manually searching through 482 pages—instant semantic search.

Professional Astrologers

Verify interpretations against the original source. Provide clients with classical references from THE authoritative text.

Developers

Simple REST API with BPHS-filtered semantic search. No complex setup—just HTTP requests. Compatible with any LLM or framework.

Simple Integration

One REST endpoint. BPHS-specific semantic search.

# Search BPHS with semantic query (GET request)
curl "https://api.vedastro.org/api/Calculate/SearchSourceText/Query/What%20does%20BPHS%20say%20about%20Saturn%20in%20the%207th%20house/TopK/5/SourceName/Brihat-Parashara-Hora-Shastra" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

# Response includes:
# - Matching passages from BPHS
# - Page numbers
# - Relevance scores (0-1)

const query = encodeURIComponent("Describe yogas for wealth in BPHS");
const url = `https://api.vedastro.org/api/Calculate/SearchSourceText/Query/${query}/TopK/5/SourceName/Brihat-Parashara-Hora-Shastra`;

const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
});

const results = await response.json();
console.log(results.Payload);

import requests
from urllib.parse import quote

query = quote("BPHS guidance on longevity calculations")
url = f"https://api.vedastro.org/api/Calculate/SearchSourceText/Query/{query}/TopK/10/SourceName/Brihat-Parashara-Hora-Shastra"
headers = { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
results = response.json()

for passage in results["Payload"]:
    print(f"Page {passage['page']} | Score: {passage['score']:.2f}")
    print(passage["text"])
    print("-" * 80)

Technical Specifications

Vector Model

text-embedding-3-small (1536 dimensions)

Storage

Azure Cosmos DB with vector indexing

Response Time

< 800ms average for BPHS search

Endpoint

https://api.vedastro.org/api/Calculate/SearchSourceText

BPHS Coverage

482 pages, 18,411 text chunks

Auth

x-api-key header (optional for free tier)

Simple Pricing

Sacred knowledge should be accessible

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5 searches per minute
Full BPHS access (482 pages)
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$1 /month

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The Sacred Foundation, Democratized

For millennia, the BPHS was locked in Sanskrit manuscripts, accessible only to a privileged few. Now, Maharshi Parasara's complete wisdom is instantly searchable—by anyone, anywhere—for just $1/month.

This is more than an API. It's preserving and democratizing the foundational text of Vedic astrology for the modern age.

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Not because sacred knowledge should be expensive — but because it should survive, evolve, and remain accessible to all.

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