Guest guest Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Dear All, The following is an old mail that got posted in Vedic-astrology on Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:55 pm Love and regards, Sreenadh vedic astrology , " Sreenadh " <sreelid wrote: Dear Venketesh, Read this for now. More later. Love, Sreenadh Vakya Panchangas ================ The Vakyas used in South India for computation of planetary longitudes is usually ascribed to Vararuchi. If we review the astronomical tradition of South India, we could locate 3 Vararuchis. Vararuchi I (of Kerala - 4th century AD) ------------- This Vararuchi is the father figure in astronomical tradition of Kerala. He is supposed to have lived in the 1st half of the 4th century, this date having been arrived at on the basis of the dates of birth and death of his eldest son Mezhathol Agnihotri. The manuscript tradition of the land ascribes to Vararuchi the authorship of the 248 Chndra-Vakyas (moon sentences) popularly called Vararuchi-Vakyas, beginning with 'girnasreyah', and also the promulgation of the Katapayadi notation of depicting numbers, which has been used in the computation of said Vakyas. Vararuchi II (of Kerala - 4th century AD) -------------- We could see many texts ascribed to Vararuchi such as :- Kerala- Vararuchi-Vakya, Kerala-Vararuchi-proktha, Kerala Dwadesa bhava phalam, Vararuchika, Vararuchi Kerala etc. The Vararuchi, who is the author of the above works on astrology might be identical to Vararuchi I, but it is not possible to assert that he is the same as the author of the Chandra-Vakyas. Vararuchi III (of Tamilnadu - 13th century) ---------------- This astronomer is the author of the well-known Vakyakarana (ed. T S K Sastri and K V Sarma, Madras, 1962), which is the source book of the Vakya Panchanga, popular in South India, especially the Tamil region. This Vararuchi belonged to the Tamil region, as is clear from the introductory verses of the work. It has been shown that this is a 13th century work, having been composed between AD.1282 and AD.1306, as can be inferred from the Sodhya-dina (deductive day) made use of in that work as Zero-day for computations. Sodhya-dina and Sodhyabda - Sodhya-dina (deductive day) is the Ahargana number (number of days) that would be deducted from the Kali-dina (Ahargana) number for computation purpose. Sodhyabdas (deductive years) is the years that would be deducted from the Kali year for computation of Mercury, Venus, Mars etc. The principle underlying Sodhyabdas is to fix the year in such a way that the largest possible number of years will be cut-off from the number of the current year, there by providing maximum ease in calculation. The Sodhyabdas selected would be as near as possible to the date of composition of a work, which date would be just ahead of the largest possible sodhya. This helps us in locating the period at which that Vakya Panchanga (or Vakyas) are created. [Ref. A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy - by K V Sarma] In short, Vakya Panchangas helps us in avoiding, doing the whole calculation from the fundamental base, and thus avoids the complexities such as Ayanamsa etc as far as the astrologer is concerned. But the concept of Ayanamsa is still there " hidden " in those Vakyas. Dear Venkatesh, hope this would clarify your doubt. If you can, please forward the beginning Vakyas of the Vakya Panchanga you are using, in a personal mail to me for further reference and clarification. You can contact Chandra Hari as well, since he is an authority on this subject (i.e. Base year used in Vakya Panchanga etc ). Love, Sreenadh --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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