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| '''Mantreswara''' was a [[Hindu]] [[astrologer]] whose work, [[Phaladeepika]], written in [[Sanskrit]] verse-format, is a major text on [[Hindu astrology]] ranked alongside [[Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra]] of [[Parashara]], [[Brihat Jataka]] of [[Varahamihira]], and [[Jataka Parijata]] of [[Vaidyanatha Dikshita]]. He was born Markandeya Bhattathiri/Bhattar in a family of [[Namboodari]] [[Brahmin]]s.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mantreswara’s Phaladeepika (With translation and commentary by G.S.Kapoor)|url=http://jyotishvidya.com/HTMLobj-9415/Mantreswara_s__Phaladeeplka_.pdf}}</ref> The exact date of his birth and date of death are not known, some believe that he lived in the 13th century and some believe that he lived in the 16th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=Phaladeepika Bhavarthabodhini (With translation and commentary in Hindi)|author=Gopesh Kumar Ojha|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|page=3|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CEY317OnpTEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=phaladeepika|isbn=9788120821477|year=2001}}</ref> At the very close of his work, [[Phaladeepika]], Mantreswara confirms that he lived in Shalivati, present [[Tirunelveli]], as a renowned Brahmin astrologer.<ref>[[Phaladeepika]] Sloka XXVIII.5</ref> Well versed in many branches of knowledge he had travelled throughout India, in later years became a sanyasin and took [[samadhi]] at the place he was born.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mantreswara Acharya|url=http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/ancient_indian_astrology/message/14029|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130412051909/http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/ancient_indian_astrology/message/14029|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-12}}</ref>
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