Vedana Jyotisha--Rashi mantra is spurioius and nothing but spurious!

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Dear friends,

Namastey!

Below is a copy of Message No. 2807 by Shri S. Bhattacharjya

in WAVES-VEDIC forum.

Then In message No.  2874 of June 26, 09, Shri Bhattacharjya

had said further:

“ 6)INSA stands for Indian national Science Academy. The

Vedanga Jyotisha was published in their " Indian Journal of History of

Science, Vol.19, No. 4, Supplement. Their website is www.insa.ac.inâ€

Now the same Shri Bhjattacharjya says that that work of INSA has

been published/edited under the influence of Pingree!

These are the prevarications “Vedic astrologers†make!

Surprisingly, Holay’s edition shows the Mina Rashi mantra as

spurious! Hindi edition of a Delhi publisher shows that mantra as spurious!  INSA

edition shows that mantra as spurious!  S. B. Dikshit has just not thought it

fit even to refer to such a spurious mantra in his magnum opus, “History of

Indian astronomyâ€, and he has declared, like all the true scholars of eminence,

that there are no Rashis in the Vedas or the Vedanga Jyotisha!  Somakar, the

earliest recorded Sanskrit commentator of an unknown era on the Vedanga

Jyotisha also has shown that mantra as spurious!

Have all these commentators and translators been under

Pingree’s influence?  Were Somakar of yore  and S. B. Dikshit, a redoubtable

scholar of nineteenth century, also influenced by Pingree even before he

(Pingree)was born?

 

In any case, why does  Shri Bhjattacharjya not upload a copy

of the page, indicating the edition and publisher, that contains the spurious

mantra as the original mantra, as claimed by Shri Bhattacharyjay and his mentor

in his post in AIA.

With regards,

A K Kaul

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#2807 in WAVES-VEDIC by Shri Sunil Bhattacharjya

Dear Sreenadhji,

 

Thank you very much for such a comprehensive reply. I

am sending copies of this mail to the other groups also. Avinash Sathaye seems

to be an ardent admirer of Avtar Krishen Kaul and hence Sathaye

was doubting my mention of Vedanga Jyotisha and AKK also

seems to be conveniently conniving at the lapse of Sathaye. Thank you once

again.

 

Regards,

 

Sunil K. Bhattacharjya

 

--- On Tue, 5/26/09, Sreenadh <sreesog wrote:

 

Sreenadh <sreesog

Re: Fw: [VRI] Fwd: Reference for Rashi's in

Vedas

 

Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 6:41 PM

Dear Sunil Bhattacharjya ji,

Give him the following references . If more references are

required, that also is available.

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AIA Website Article: Vendic Month Names

Some preliminary evidence to prove the existence of Meshadi

month names in Vedic period is given below –

1) Take the Yajur

Vedanga Jyotisha text and read the 5th sloka. It reads as follows -

Ye brihaspatina bhuktva MEENAN prabbriti rasayaH

te hritaH panchabhiryataH yaH seshaH sa parigrihaH

(Yajur Vedanga Jyotisha - sloka 5)

[Take the sign count of Jupiter counting from Meena Rasi

(Pisces Sign), ............ .......etc] I believe you have noticed the words

'Meenan prabhriti RasayaH' [signs counted from Meena Rasi (Pisces Sign)]. That

proves the existence of signs like Meena, Mesha etc in Vedanga Jyotisha period.

 

2) Take the Rk Vedanga

Jyotisha text next. Flip the pages to reach the 11th sloka. It reads –

Sravishtabhyam gunabhyastan prag-viLAGNAN vinirdiset

Suryat masan palabhyastan vidyacchandramasanr itun

(Rk Vedanga Jyotisha - sloka 11)

Please notice the words - " Prag vilangnan " (From

the eastern LAGNA; from the eastern RISING SIGN) " Lagna " means,

" Raseenam Udayo Lagna " (The SIGN rising in the east is termed LAGNA).

 

3) Take the copy of

Boudhayana Sutra. In it you will find a quote that reads - " Meena Meshayor

Mesha Vrishabhayor VasantaH " [The Vasanta Ritu could be either in

Meena-Mesha or in Mesha-Vrishabha (as per the period of time and geographical

location)]

4) Then take the

Rigveda itself and try to understand the wordings such as - " Dwadasaram

nahi tajjaraya " , " Dwadaya pradhayaschakrameka m " etc etc.

5) Take Maitreya Sutra

and in it you will find a quote as follows –

Ravina langhito masaschandraH khyato malipluchaH

masadwaye yadapyekaRASIM Sankrametadityastat radyo

malipluchaH

[if two lunar months falls with a single sidereal solar

month (Rasi; Sign) - i.e. if Sun TRANSITS two lunar months with in Rasis (Sign)

- then that month is known with the special name " Maliplucha " (the

unclean month)]

This quote proves that sidereal solar months where clearly

in existence and use during Vedic period.

6) If even this is not

enough then kid like stories are better for you. So take the Puranas and you

will find numerous references to Signs in all of them, Such as in Garuda

Purana, Agni Purana or numerous other Puranas.

Love and regards,

Sreenadh