Guest guest Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 --- On Wed, 7/29/09, harimalla <harimalla wrote:harimalla <harimalla Re: Rashi in Vedanga Jyotisha Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 12:47 AM Deasr Bhattacharjyaji, The copy of VedangaJyotisham I have, is commented by Somakar who, I am told lived 4oo to 5oo years back.This copy does not contain the verse you have mentioned.You can purchase a copy from Chaukhamba Sankrit pratisthan. This work of Somakar, seems to be the only real proof that the verse you have mentioned was interpolated. The book can be purchased with further comments by Shivaraj Acharya Kaundinnyayan, ph D, D.Litt. Chaukhamba Sankrit pratisthan 38 U. A.Bunglow road, Jawarhar Nagar, PB No. 2113, Delhi 11ooo7 tel.23856391 , Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjy a wrote: > > Dear friends, > > Vedanga Jyotisha mentions Meena Rashi and states > as to how by knowing the positions of Brihaspati in the other rashis one can > calculate the remaining years in a 5-year Yuga. But some lay people may raise the question as to why the Vedanga jyotisha > has mentioned only one rashi and that it not enough to conclude that > Vedanga Jyotisha supports the existence of all the twelve rashis. The answer to that question is that any person knowing > Sanskrit would know that the word "Rashayah"is in plural and that > "Prabhriti Rashayah" in Vedanga Jyotisha refers to the presence of other eleven rashis too, though without naming them. There is no need to > name all the rashis in the text? Vedanga Jyotisha is for the scholars, > who know what the twelve rashis are and it is not for the lay people who > do not know the names of the other eleven rashis. > > Regards, > > Sunil K. Bhattacharjya > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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