A classic work on Indian Astrology written in Sanskrit in 13th century AD and translated to Malayalam (language of Kerala, India) Phaladeepika, the astrological classic and compendium of Indian horoscopy, was written by Mantreswaracharya in Sanskrit in 13 century AD. The present Malayalam translation is a new venture, almost a word for word translation, and is indebted to the translations by Dr. G.S.Kapoor, Pandit Gopesh Kumar Ojha and Pandit Ashutosh Ojha, T.N. Nanu Pillai Asan and Cheruvalli Narayanan Namboothiri for different renderings.