Originality of Suryasiddhanta

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Dear Bhaskarji,

 

I  have the Bhagavat Purana in two volumes from the Gita Press. It gives the

span of the Mahayuga and also gives the numerals to calculate the four yugas.

Applying the applicable mathematical rules the span of the Kali yuga comes out

to be 4800 years. As per this calculation Lord Biuddha was born in the Kali

yuga.

 

According to the figures arrived at by Prafulla from the Mahabharata Lord Buddha

was not born in Kali yuga and you too seem to have accepted it without

questioning. If two books from the same Press give two different yuga spans it

is natural that eyebrows will be raised. You are blessed as you have not noticed

this discrepancy.

 

I am away from India and due to weight restrictions it is not possible to bring

all books with me. I would have been happy if Prafulla would have also checked

the verses in the critical edition of the Mahabharata brought out by the

Bhandarkar Oriental Reasearch Institute (BORI), the copies of which should be

 available in some libraries in Kalyan and Mumbai. Further I could not accept

Prafulla's statement that the Kali yuga was selectively extended and he had not

given any reference on it from the Mahabharata. In a way he is negating the span

of the Kali yuga given by his verses. Is it not a discrepancy?

 

Since you are quite upset about the questioning of the verses I think you may

also check up in the BORI version and tell us what you find there. In so doing

you will not waste your time. But if you do not have interest in yuga systems

just ignore these  mails on the yugas. The does not have any

restrictions on the number of mails that can be posted in the group at any time.

So these mails on the yugas are not coming in the way of  the number of mails

you are interested in.

 

Regards,

 

Sunil K. Bhattacharjya

 

 

 

 

--- On Sun, 5/10/09, Bhaskar <bhaskar_jyotish wrote:

 

 

Bhaskar <bhaskar_jyotish

Re: Originality of Suryasiddhanta

 

Sunday, May 10, 2009, 10:21 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those who are eternally into the fixing of dates in antiquity, etc , I

request them not to bring in " Gita press " in their muddle.

 

There are no time wasters in Gita press, all are authentic writers, the

writers there are very spiritual, and the contents of their writings are

the best in India. They have been able to store and relay the

information which one could never find at any other single place.

 

Before anyone takes the name of " Gita Press " as having given them wrong

information, let them quote the name of the Text printed by Gita Press,

and the Page number, and the exact words mentioned therein.

 

Those who say Gita Press is wrong, prove it theroteically with proof,

quoting what is mentioned exactly which is wrong, why is it wrong and

what must be the right insertion?

 

Most of these members have all the time of the world to discuss and

discuss reaching nowhere and to escape their extra erroneous chatter,

they bring in names of supreme institutions like " Gita Press " to defend

their nonsense utterances.

 

Dont do so, because the Gita Press are not time wasters like you. They

are real people, Godly, Wise, and Knowledgable.

 

Bhaskar.