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Namaskaar Sri MadhuThis is another old email that I wrote to Sri Sanjay Prabhakaran.The matter is self explanatoryThanks and RegardsBharat---------- Forwarded message ----------

Bharat Hindu Astrology <hinduastrologySep 23, 2005 10:35 PMRe: NEWS: of the equinox. A Theory

sohamsa Namaskaar Sri Sanjay

 

This is interesting. Infact, I am researching on the history of

Ayanamsha consequent to my discussions with Sri Avtar Kaul, who is bent

on removing Ayanamsha from Jyotish. I have found the following passage

in the book " Upadesha Sutras of Jamini " by Prof K. V. Abhyankar:

 

He states: " Different starting points on the circle of the ecliptic are

found recorded in India in different ancient (and mediaeval) books.

There is a well known passage in the marriage hymn of the Rig Veda

(R.S. C 85.13hich states that bullocks should be slaughtered (for the

Madhuparka rite) in the lunar month in which the constellation Magha or

agha accompanies the Full Moon, while the marriage should actually be

celebrated in that lunar month in with Phalguni stars accompany the

fully Moon.The passage evidently indicates that the Northern course of

the Sun (Uttarayana) commenced in the phalguna month marking the

commencement of the marriage season.

 

The famous passage in Satapatha Brahmana " krittika vai prachyai diso na

cyavante " supplies the next literary reference to the position of the

Ecliptic circle. In order that Krittika should be noticed always rising

at due east, the point of the Equinox is necessary to the near the

Rohini constellation (Aldabaran) which is stationed about 10

degrees east of the cluster of Krittika, which is about 55

degrees east of the first point of Aries today.

 

The mahabharata refers to Sravana as marking the commencement of the

cycle of Nakshatras evidently because Sravana was the first of the one

of the three groups of Nakshatras which commenced with Rohini, Hasta

and Sravana respectively, the vernal equinox possibly occuring in those

days in Rohini.

 

The passage " maghadyam sravisthardhantam " in the Maitryupanishad stands

chronologically next in respect of literary evidence. The passage

indirectly refers to the presence of the Summer Solstice at the

beginning of Magha. The Vedanga Jyotish, which comes next in furnishing

evidence in this respect, places the summer solitice when the Sun

arrived at the middle of Aslesha and the winter solistice when it

arrived at the first point of Sravistha. "

 

He further adds " That the summer solistice was at the fifteenth degree

of Karka sign at the time of Baudhayana i.e. at the end of the 3/4 of

Pusya Nakshatra. "

 

All of the above is from one book. I am sure the learned members will

find many more references to the existence and use of Ayanamsha.

 

I think Sri Avtar needs to recheck his study about the equinoxes and the existence of Ayanamsha.

 

Thanks and Regards

Bharat

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 9/23/05, Sanjay Prabhakaran <sanjaychettiar

> wrote:

|| Om Gurave Namah ||

Dear Friends,

In case this interests you,

http://www.physorg.com/news6428.html

This article atleast tells " the precession of the

equinox " is still maybe not clearly understood in science.

 

-Warm regards

Sanjay P

 

 

 

 

Sun has binary partner, may affect the Earth

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ground-breaking and richly illustrated new book, Lost Star of Myth

and Time, marries modern astronomical theory with ancient star lore to

make a compelling case for the profound influence on our planet of a

companion star to the sun. Author and theorist, Walter Cruttenden,

presents the evidence that this binary orbit relationship may be the

cause of a vast cycle causing the Dark and Golden Ages common in the

lore of ancient cultures.

 

 

 

 

 

Researching archaeological and astronomical data at the unique think

tank, the Binary Research Institute, Cruttenden concludes that the

movement of the solar system plays a more important role in life than

people realize, and he challenges some preconceived notions:

The phenomenon known as the precession of the equinox, fabled as a

marker of time by ancient peoples, is not due to a local wobbling of

the Earth as modern theory portends, but to the solar system's gentle

curve through space.

This movement of the solar system occurs because the Sun has a

companion star; both stars orbit a common center of gravity, as is

typical of most double star systems. The grand cycle–the time it takes

to complete one orbit––is called a " Great Year, " a term coined by

Plato.

Cruttenden explains the effect on earth with an analogy: " Just as

the spinning motion of the earth causes the cycle of day and night, and

just as the orbital motion of the earth around the sun causes the cycle

of the seasons, so too does the binary motion cause a cycle of rising

and falling ages over long periods of time, due to increasing and

decreasing electromagnet effects generated by our sun and other nearby

stars. "

While the findings in Lost Star are controversial, astronomers now

agree that most stars are likely part of a binary or multiple star

system. Dr. Richard A. Muller, professor of physics at UC Berkeley and

research physicist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is an

early proponent of a companion star to our sun; he prefers a 26 million

year orbit period. Cruttenden uses 24,000 years and says the change in

angular direction can be seen in the precession of the equinox.

Lost Star of Myth and Time expands on the author's award-winning

PBS documentary film " The Great Year, " narrated by actor James Earl

Jones. The book brings intriguing new evidence to the theory of our

binary companion star and an age old mystery - the precession of the

equinox.

Source: Binary Research Institute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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