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Shri Sunil Bhattacharjya ji,

 

Jai Shri Ram!

 

 

There has been so much of to-ing and fro-ing of communications on the

above topic that it is extremely difficult to wade through all the

threads to arrive at a definite conclusion as to who said what and when.

 

 

I would therefore request you to please summarize your views about the

following points:

1. What are the planetary combinations in the horoscope of Bhagwan Ram

as per which shastra/Ramayana/work according to you? Pl give exact

references and their translations, quoting the original Sanskrit

shlokas.

 

 

2. What are the astronomical implications of those combinations as per

which system i.e. whether modern astronomy or sidhantic or some other

system? In other words, are those combinations possible astronomically?

If yes, is it as per modern astronomy or sidhantic or some other system?

 

 

3. In what manner has Dr. P. V. Vartak justified all those astronomical

combinations of the different Ramayanas for December 4, 7323 BCE?

 

 

4. Kindly give a brief summary of Dr. Vartak's methodology of arriving

at those conclusions i.e. what sidereal periods etc. has he taken and on

what basis i.e. whether modern astronomy or sidhantic or some other

system?

 

 

After getting all the above information, I think we can discuss the

issue in a healthy atmosphere/manner.

Jai Shri Ram

 

 

, Sunil Bhattacharjya

<sunil_bhattacharjya wrote:

>

> Shri Kaulji,

>

> You said

>

> Fine,

> but Shri Sunil Bhattacharjya says that the janma-kundali of Bhagwan

Ram

> also was not given by Valmiki himself, since, according to him, both

> the Balakanda and the Uttarakanda in the VR are a much later addition

> by somebody else! He is more comfortabole with the janma-kundali of

> Bhgwan Ram in the Adyatma Ramayana, which is supposed to have been

> given by Krishna Dwaipayana Vedavyasa.

>

> Did I say anywhere

> that the contents of the Balakanda are not authentic? Did I say that

they

> are wrong? I said that Lord Rama has been presented in the Balakanda

as

> God and don't you think that is correct. Anybody with common sense

will

> wonder why is it that in the Balakanda and Uttara kanda Lord Rama had

> been shown as God and in the middle five kandas He has been shown as

> man, after reading the whole of the Ramayana. I wonder why you

did not

> notice that or did you not read the entire Ramayana yourself?. Any

intelligent

> person will notice that and Sunil Bhattacharya is not required to tell

> that. Do you understand that Shri Kaul? It could even be that the

sage

> Valmiki wrote the middle five kandas first and then he thought it fit

> to add the Balakanda and the Uttarakanda later and there he presented

> him as God as he realised what a divine person Lord Rama was. Treating

> Lord Rama as God the Divya-varsha has been interpreted in the

> Siddhantic way by multiplying it by 360. The year was not taken as the

> Solar year as it should have been. I explained that in earlier mails.

I

> am sure except you every intelligent person could understand that

> whoever read my mail.I hope it will be understood by you now once for

> all and for Lord Rama's sake you will not repeat your false statement

> as is your habit.

>

> Secondly why are you telling an untruth by saying that I am more

> comfortable with the janma kundali of Lord Ram in Adhyaqtma Ramayana.

> Where did I say that? My stand has always been that Adhyatma

Ramayana,

> which presents Lord Rama as God corroborates what is said in the

> Valmiki Ramayana, more so in the Balakanda, where also Lord Rama is

> presented as God.

>

> I have already shown that Lord Rama was born in the Shukla Navami of

the Chaitra month and the statement of the Balakanda on that is

correct. For the Navami to occur in Punarvasu the Sun will have to be

around 27 degree in the Mina Rashi and this means that the next

Purnima had occurred when the Sun came to around 3 degrees of the

Mesha. For the Purnima to occur the Moon will have to 180 degrees away

from the Sun ie the Moon would have been at the longitude of around 183

degrees in the Chitra nakshatra. Thus the purnimanta Month was Chaitra

and it ended with this purnima. This definitely shows that Lord Rama was

born in the Chaitra month and the Hindus are observing the Ram Navami

correctly. If you are not aware let me tell you that the seasonal months

go on changing. Even if it was the seasonal Madhu month at that time it

will always not coincide with the Chaitra month so your bringing up the

issue of the seasonal

> month has no sense at all. I explained it in detail so that your

misconception is removed and you should accept it unless you have some

ulterior reasons.

>

> You have addressed the mail to Shri Goyelji but I do not know if

Goyelji is a member of this forum. If he is he can still express his

views.

> Â

>

> Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

>

> S.K.Bhattacjharjya

>

> --- On Sun, 10/18/09, Krishen jyotirved wrote:

>

> Krishen jyotirved

> [ind-Arch] Re: Dating of Ramayana Period

> indiaarchaeology

> Sunday, October 18, 2009, 10:24 PM

Â

>

>

>

>

>

> --- AKKaul@@

>

> wrote:

>

>

>

> Shri Gopal Krishna Geolji,

>

>

>

> Gopal Krishna ki jai!

>

>

>

> < 1.Valmiki Ramayan Does not say Rama was born in Madhu Masa.>

>

>

>

> Fine, but Shri Sunil Bhattacharjya says that the janma-kundali of

>

> Bhagwan Ram also was not given by Valmiki himself, since, according to

>

> him, both the Balakanda and the Uttarakanda in the VR are a much later

>

> addition by somebody else! He is more comfortabole with the

>

> janma-kundali of Bhgwan Ram in the Adyatma Ramayana, which is supposed

>

> to have been given by Krishna Dwaipayana Vedavyasa. And the Adyatma

>

> Ramayana 1/3/14 has said categorically that Bhagwan Ram was born in

>

> Madhu-masa!

>

>

>

> In any case, even if we forget Madhumasa for the moment, VR 1/13/1

says,

>

> " The vernal season (i.e. Vasanta Ritu) having appeared again and the

>

> powerful monarch Dasharatha called on Vasishtha with a view to

>

> commencing the horse sacrifice for the sake of a progeny " . Then in

>

> 1/14/1 the same VR says, " The aforementioned horse having returned on

>

> the completion of a twelve-month after its release, the horse

sacrifice

>

> commenced on the northern bank of the Sarayu " Thus the " yajnya " was

>

> completed in Vasanta Ritu itelf! In 1/18/8, the same VR has said, " In

>

> the meantime six seasons (each consisting of two months) rolled away

>

> after the scrifice was over, then on the ninth lunar day of Chaitra,

the

>

> twelfth month after the conclusion of the sacrifice, when the asterism

>

> Punarvasu (presided over by Aditi) was in the ascendant... .Shri Ram

was

>

> born " .

>

>

>

> It thus leaves no doubut in anybody's mind that Bhagwan Ram had

>

> incarnated in the first month of Vasanta Ritu, that was known as

Chaitra

>

> as per the VR and Madhu as per the Adyatma Ramayana and Goswami

Tulsidas

>

> and the Vedanga Jyotisha and the Puranas etc.!

>

>

>

> The Vedanga Jyotisha, Rik-Jyotisha fifth and Yajur-jyotisha sixth

>

> mantra---say that when the Sun and the Moon come together in

Danishtha,

>

> it is the month of Magha as well as Tapah.... If Magha = Tapah,

>

> Phalguna is equal to Tapasya and Chaitra is equal to Madhu in that

>

> order! So Bhagwan Ram was born in Madhu-cum-Chaitra, which is a so

>

> called sayana phenomenon!

>

>

>

> It also appears you have not gone through BVB6.doc at all, though it

has

>

> been posted several times in several forums, the latest one being a

few

>

> days back under " no subject " heading! Kindly do peruse it and you

will

>

> see that the Puranas also talk of Madhava = Vaishakha = sun in Mesha

>

> which means Madhu is equal to Chaitra = sun in Mina! I have already

>

> quoted Vedic mantras as saying " madhuschai madhavashchai vasantikav

>

> ritoo " i.e. Madhu and Madhava are the months of Vasanta Ritu!

>

>

>

> If you take Lahiri Ephemeris (the bible of nirayanawalas! ) you will

see

>

> that also talking of Madhu and Vedic Chaitra in the same breath!

>

>

>

> Thus whicdhever way you look at it, the sun could neither be in so

>

> called Sayana Mesha nor in so called nirayana (or even Sayana) Mina

at

>

> the time of birth of Bhagwan Ram, since that is an asronomically

>

> impossible combination!

>

>

>

> Gopal Krishna Ki Jai!

>

>

>

> A K Kaul

>

>

>

> Indian_Astrology_ Group_Daily_ Digest@grou ps.com,

GKGoel@@

>

> wrote:

>

> >

>

> > Dear Kaul Sahib apki jai.

>

> > 1.Valmiki Ramayan Does not say Rama was born in

>

> > Madhu Masa.

>

> > 2.Rama was born in the month of Chaitra . This is

>

> > Lunar month linked with star chitra.

>

> > 3.Kindly refer Taittiriya Samhita 7.4.8 =

>

> > 'Chaitra full moon is the mouth of the Sambatsar'

>

> > 4.Whole India is following SIDREAL SAMVATSAR

>

> > for last 4000 years continuously . On this basis.

>

> > we now have vikram samvatsar of 2066.

>

> > 5.Six ritu only means -' after one solar year'.

>

> > 6.Ramayana does not say it was Sukla paksha,

>

> > it is only inference.

>

> > Regards,

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > G.K.GOEL

>

> > Ph: 09350311433

>

> > Add: L-409, SARITA VIHAR

>

> > NEW DELHI-110 076

>

> > INDIA

>

> >

>

> >

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > ____________ _________ _________ __

>

> > jyotirved jyotirved@

>

> >

>

> > Cc: hinducalendar;

>

> indian_astrology_ group_daily_ digest@grou ps.com; subash razdan

>

> subashrazdan@ ; indiaarchaeology;

>

> Vedic AstrologyForum

>

> > Thu, 15 October, 2009 9:32:58 PM

>

> > [ind. & West. Astrology] [ancient_indian_ astrology] Fw:

Re:

>

> Dating of Ramayana Period

>

> >

>

> >

>

> > Dear Shri

>

> > Gopal Krishna Goel-ji,

>

> > Gopal

>

> > Krishna ki jai!

>

> > In your

>

> > original post of Oct 8 you have said:

>

> > " 1.

>

> > There may be some reasons to believe, but sloka does not say that

Rama

>

> > was born in dark or bright half of the lunar month.

>

> > 2. If it is assumed that SIDREAL lunar month of chaitra was referred

>

> in

>

> > the text. In that case Sun can be either in Pisces or

>

> > Aries " .â€

>

> > Since you

>

> > are a scholar of the Valmiki Ramayana, Ramacharitamanasa and Adyatma

>

> Ramayana,

>

> > you must appreciate that there are a few astronomical

impossibilities

>

> in this

>

> > statement:

>

> > 1. The

>

> > Valmiki Ramayana 1/18/8 has said

>

> > tato yajnye

>

> > sampate tu ritoonam shat samatyayuh tatashchai dwadashe maase

chaitre

>

> navamike

>

> > tithav

>

> > The Gita

>

> > Press translation says, “In the meantime six seasons (each

>

> consisting of

>

> > two months) rolled away after the sacrifice was over. Then on the

>

> ninth

>

> > lunar day (of the bright fortnight) of Chaitra, the twelfth month

>

> after the

>

> > conclusion of the sacrifice, .... "

>

> > Since twelve

>

> > months had elapsed after the sacrifice was over, which was in

Vasanta

>

> Ritiu, it

>

> > was therefore the first month of Vasanta Ritu, which is known as

Madhu

>

> as per

>

> > the Vedas and the Vedanga Jyotisha etc., when Bhagwan Ram

incarnated.

>

> It

>

> > is the same month that is also known as Chaitra in the VJ. Though in

>

> the VR no

>

> > mention has been made of " Madhu " but only Chaitra, however, the

>

> > Adyatma Ramayana, 1/3/14 has said categorically:

>

> > 2. Madhumase

>

> > site pakshye navamyam karkate shubhe Punarvasu rikshya sahite

>

> uchhasthe graha

>

> > panchake

>

> > Which means,

>

> > “In the month of Madhu, in shukla pakshya, navmi tithi,

karkata

>

> (lagna),

>

> > Punarvasu nakshatra and five planets either exalted or in their own

>

> > rashisâ€.

>

> > Similarly,

>

> > Goswami Tulsidas is very sure when he says

>

> > 3. Navmi

>

> > tithi madhumasa puneeta sukal pachha abhijta haripreeta

>

> > i.e.

>

> > “It was the holy Madhumasa, navmi tithi, shkula pakshya and

>

> abhijit, which

>

> > is dear to Godâ€.

>

> > It is thus

>

> > clear that it was the first month of Vasanta Ritu, the month of

>

> > Madhu-cum-Chaitra definitely. It was also a Shukla paksha navmi.

>

> > 4. The

>

> > Yajurveda says, “madhuschai madhavaschai vasantikav

>

> ritoo†i.e.

>

> > Madhu and Madhava are the months of Vasanta Ritu.

>

> > Now if it

>

> > was Madhumasa, and if, against all the prevailing logic and reasons,

>

> we presume

>

> > that Mesha etc. rashis did exist in India in about 7300 BCE, then

>

> Madhumasa and

>

> > Sun in Mina---and not in Mesha----can exist simultaneously only if

the

>

> sun is

>

> > in the so called sayana Mina Rashi!

>

> > 5. If you

>

> > presume that it is a so called nirayana rashi, which “Vedic

>

> > astrologers†call euphemistically sidereal rashis, then we

have

>

> to take

>

> > into account the Ayanamsha which is without any rhyme or reason

linked

>

> to

>

> > precession by these very “Vedic astrologersâ€.

>

> > “almighty†Lahiri Ayanamsha as on December 4, 7323

BCE,

>

> the date of

>

> > birth of Bhagwan Ram as per Dr. Vartak, was, plus

103°-41’.

>

> It means the

>

> > “almighty†Lahiri sun would have to be somewhere in

>

> Karkata, even

>

> > if we presume that it was Madhumasa on December 4, 7323 BCE, which

it

>

> was not

>

> > actually, as we shall see shortly!

>

> > Thus linking

>

> > of Madhumasa-cum- Chaitra to a so called nirayana Mina or Mesha

rashi

>

> as back as

>

> > 7323 BCE is in itself a self-defeating premise even if we ignore

other

>

> anachronisms

>

> > like Punarvasu nakshatra cum shukla paksha navmi of Madhumasa, with

>

> the moon in

>

> > Karkata and the sun in Mina/Mesha etc.!

>

> > You have

>

> > also said, “DR. Vartak is a well known authority and this

mail

>

> is not

>

> > question his findingsâ€.

>

> > 6. We must

>

> > come out of the habit of taking “findings†of

>

> “authoritiesâ€

>

> > at their face value and not questioning their veracity! It is our

>

> blind faith

>

> > in Maya the mlechha’s dictum that the Surya Sidhanta was a

>

> “revelationâ€

>

> > by Surya Bhagwan that has landed the entire Hindu community in such

a

>

> mess that

>

> > we are celebrating all our festivals on wrong days!

>

> > If Dr.

>

> > Vartak had even an elementary knowledge of astronomy, he should have

>

> known that

>

> > if it was Madhu-cum-Chaitra masa, it could never have been so called

>

> sayana sun

>

> > in Mesha but only in Mina. As he also believes in so called sidereal

>

> rashis,

>

> > he should have known that a nirayana mina rashi in Madhu-cum-Chaitra

>

> would take

>

> > place only if it was away by about 180 degrees from Sayana Mina

Surya

>

> i.e. about

>

> > 72 multiplied by 180 = 12960 years before 285 AD, when the so called

>

> nirayana Lahiri

>

> > zodiac and the so called sayana zodiacs are supposed to have

>

> coincided! Thus “Vartak

>

> > Ram†should have incarnated in about 13000 BCE (and not in

7323

>

> BCE) if

>

> > his sun was in Lahiri Mina, since it was only then that it could

have

>

> coincided

>

> > with Madhu-cum-Chaitra!

>

> > I may also mention

>

> > here that the actual longitudes of the sun, Moon and Rahu etc. on

>

> December 4,

>

> > 7323 BCE were:

>

> > Sayana sun was

>

> > actually about 18 degrees in Tula (about 2 degrees in Lahiri

>

> Kumbha)----as

>

> > against the Valmiki/AR sun either in Mina or Mesha according to you

>

> and other

>

> > jyotishis!

>

> > Sayana Moon was

>

> > actually about zero degrees in Makar (about 13 degrees in Lahiri

>

> Mesha)---as

>

> > against Karkata Rashi as per the VR/AR etc.

>

> > Sayana Mean

>

> > Rahu about two degrees in Mithuna (about 15 degrees in Lahiri

>

> Kanya)---as

>

> > against Mina Rashi of jyotishis!

>

> > It was

>

> > Shukla Paksha Shashthi (and not navmi) besides Sayana Uttarashada

and

>

> Lahiri

>

> > Magha nakshatra on December 4, 7323 BCE, without any corrections for

>

> Delta

>

> > Time. Even if we presume that the difference in Delta Time was about

>

> seven

>

> > days in 7000 BCE, things are not going to be much different!

>

> > It was

>

> > neither the month of Madhu-cum-Chaitra nor Vasanta Ritu!

>

> > Thus

>

> > everything on December 4, 7323 BCE was contrary to what is supposed

to

>

> have

>

> > been given in the VR/AR and what Dr. Vartak claims to have

deciphered

>

> on that

>

> > date!

>

> > All the

>

> > above details can be checked from Vishnu.exe program that anybody

can

>

> download

>

> > for free from hinducalendar forum and calculate vara (weekday),

tithi,

>

> > nakshatra, yoga, karna and the longitudes of the sun, moon and mean

>

> Rahu (both

>

> > sayana and Lahiri) from 10000 BCE to 12030 AD in a jiffy!

>

> > I,

>

> > therefore, think that we should close this Rama-janma-kundali

prakran,

>

> since

>

> > there should not be any doubt in anybody’s mind now that the

>

> month of

>

> > Madhu-cum-Chaitra cannot go with the sun in Mina Rashi, unless it is

a

>

> so

>

> > called sayana Mina Rashi, and “Vedic jyotishis†are

not

>

> going to

>

> > accept it at any cost. We must also bear in mind that there were no

>

> Mesha etc.

>

> > rashis anywhere in the world in about 3000 BCE at the earliest, so

to

>

> presume

>

> > that someone could have calculated Bhagwan Ram’s birth chart

in

>

> 7323 BCE

>

> > is extremely farfetched, to say the least! It actually presents a

very

>

> poor

>

> > picture of the entire Hindu community, as to how gullible we can be.

>

> > THE JYOTISHA

>

> > JARGON ABOUT THE PLANETARY POSITION IN THE VALMIKI AND ADYATMA

>

> RAMAYANA IS THUS

>

> > AN INTERPLATION AND NOTHING BUT AN INTERPOLATION BY SOME GOOD FOR

>

> NOTHING

>

> > JYOTISHI.

>

> > Gopal Krishna

>

> > ki jai.

>

> > A K Kaul

>

> >

>

> > ,

>

> > Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjy a

>

> > wrote:

>

> > >

>

> > > Dear Goelji,

>

> > >

>

> > > Kindly have a look at the following analysis.

>

> > >

>

> > > 1)

>

> > > Dr. Vartak manually calculated the approximate year of Lord Rama's

>

> birth

>

> > from precessional data. He has given all these details in his book

on

>

> the date

>

> > of Ramayana. One must give credit to him for that. For those

>

> interested in

>

> > Ancient Indian History this alone is sufficient as this date is

>

> corroborated by

>

> > the Surya-vamsha lineage given in the Puranas.

>

> > > 2)

>

> > > Dr. Vartak also mentioned about a Buddhist text which gives the

>

> time-gap

>

> > between the year of Lord Rama's going to Sri Lanka and the

Parinirvana

>

> of

>

> > Lord Buddha. Dr. Vartak could not relate that date as he was not

aware

>

> > that Lord Buddha passed away in 1807 BCE. At that time of writing

his

>

> > book he was aware of the Max Mullerian date in the 5th century BCE

>

> only.

>

> > The year 1807 BCE as the date of parinirvana of Lord Buddha was

worked

>

> > out by Late Kota Venkatachalam from the Puranic data and the work of

>

> > Prof. Narahari Achar using Astrological data and my own work from

>

> study of the

>

> > Dotted Record confirm the date of Kota Venkatachalam. Now it is seen

>

> that the

>

> > precessional data and the information from the Buudhist text quoted

by

>

> Dr.

>

> > Vartak tallies.

>

> > >

>

> > > Now coming to the exact day from the astrlogical data I agree that

>

> it is a

>

> > contentious issue but by applying our mind we can sort out the issue

>

> from the

>

> > following analysis :

>

> > >

>

> > > 3)

>

> > > Lord Rama was born at noon. So the Sun was in the tenth house or

>

> > near the tenth house. If his ascendent is Cancer then the Sun has to

>

> be either

>

> > in the Arties or closest to the Aries.

>

> > > 4)

>

> > > Adhyatma Ramayana, a later day text from Purana, says that the Sun

>

> was

>

> > reaching Aries. It could mean that the Sun was closest to Aries.

>

> > > 5)

>

> > > Now if the Sun is closest to aries and the Moon is in Cancer then

it

>

> means

>

> > that Lord Rama was born in a Shuklapaksha Navam and not

Krishnapaksha

>

> Navami.

>

> > > 6)

>

> > > The Sun actually appears to be around 27 degree in Pisces. This

>

> > surprisingly means that Budha (Mercury) is in the nakshatra Revati,

>

> which it

>

> > rules. Astrologically speaking had the Sun been at the Aries (ie. in

>

> Lord

>

> > Rama's tenth sign) Kaikeyi would not have succeeded in taking away

the

>

> kingship

>

> > from Lord Rama. It is another matter that he was born to take away

>

> Ravana from

>

> > the earth.

>

> > > 7)

>

> > > Five planets were in sva and / or uccha. The Moon and Jupiter in

>

> cancer

>

> > means the Moon was in Sva-hiouse and Juoiter in the house of

>

> exaltation. It is

>

> > quite possible that the Mars, Venus and Saturn could have been in

sva-

>

> houes /

>

> > exalted. Now the Saturn's position can be found out if one knows the

>

> > approximate date as in the geo-centric model it takes the longest

time

>

> among

>

> > the Grahas to move round the earth. From the precessional data Dr.

>

> vartak found

>

> > out the approximate year of Lord Rama's birth and that fixes the

>

> position of

>

> > saturn in Libra. So some unceratinty remains regarding the fast

moving

>

> planets

>

> > Mars and Venus.

>

> > >

>

> > > Dr. Vartak did all calculations manually and gives full deatils of

>

> those

>

> > in his book. His is an open book and he found the year of Lord

Rama's

>

> birth

>

> > closest to the date he arrived from the precessional data. But he

too

>

> goofed up

>

> > regarding the position of the Sun. He took the Sun at Aries. The

>

> Buddist text

>

> > he quotes helps us find the date as 7329 BCE whereas Dr. Vartak

>

> arrived at the

>

> > date of 7323 BCE.

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> > >

>

> > > This does not matter, as for the purpose of fixing the day for

>

> festivals

>

> > we have all the required data and the historian also cannot complain

>

> as they

>

> > get a figure, which fits in with all the puranic data The Puranic

yuga

>

> > calculation also tallies with this date in the Treta yuga. To my

mind

>

> Dr.

>

> > Vartak's date of Lord Rama is the best astronomical date found so

far.

>

> > The date of Bharata and of Lakhna and Shatrughna is very clear.

Bharat

>

> was born

>

> > in the Pushya makshatra and Mina Lagna, ie. late in the night

>

> following Lord

>

> > Rama's birth. It is interesting to see that he got the kingship as

the

>

> Sun was

>

> > in his Lagna. Lakshmana and Shatrughna were born in the Ashlesh

>

> nakshatra

>

> > (ie. the Moon was in the Ashlesha Nakshatra) and at Sunrise (and

that

>

> > means in in Cancer Lagna). This is for astrological discussions only

>

> > and the historians will not be interested in these finer details.

>

> > >

>

> > > Finally I would ike to submit that though I love astrology and

>

> picking up

>

> > the pebbles on the sea shore I look at the chrological matters more

>

> through the

>

> > historical ( that includes puranic records too) and astronomical

data

>

> than

>

> > through astrology alone.

>

> > >

>

> > > Regards,

>

> > >

>

> > > Sunil K. Bhattacharjya

>

> > >

>

> > >

>

> > > --- On Thu, 10/8/09, gopal krishna goel g.k.goel@

>

> > wrote:

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> > >

>

> > > gopal krishna goel g.k.goel@

>

> > > RE: [ancient_indian_ astrology] Fw: Re: Dating of

Ramayana

>

> Period

>

> > > ancient_indian_ astrology, @

>

> . com, vedic astrology, vedic_research_

>

> institute, indiaarchaeology

>

> > > Thursday, October 8, 2009, 5:45 AM

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> >

>

> > > Dear BHATTACHARJYA JI,

>

> > > DR. Vartak is a well known authority and this mail is not

>

> > > question his findings. In any case this is an unending debate

>

> > > which never dies.

>

> > > I have some observations:

>

> > > Slola 1-18-8and 9 may mean as under:

>

> > > After completion of yajna and lapse of 6 seasons,Rama was born

>

> > > in 12th month of Chaitra , on ninth tithi(NAVAMIKE) ,

>

> > > in Punarvasu Nakshatra, five planets were in their own and exalted

>

> signs

>

> > > (SAVOCHCHASANSTHESH U)-THIS MAY MEAN THAT FIVE PLANETS WERE IN

THEIR

>

> > > OWN EXALTED SIGNS OR THESE PLANETS WERE IN THEIR OWN AND/OR

EXALTED

>

> SIGNS-

>

> > > cancer LAGNA WITH JUPITER AND Moon (VAKPATAVIDUNA SAH)

>

> > > THE following OBSERVATION can be made:

>

> > > 1. There may be some reasons to believe , but sloka does not say

>

> > that Rama was born

>

> > > in dark or bright half of the lunar month.

>

> > > 2. If it is assumed that SIDREAL lunar month of chaitra was

refered

>

> > in the text.

>

> > > In that case Sun can be either inPisces or

>

> > Aries.

>

> > > 3. What was the method of counting of tithis in those

days?Probably

>

> > mathematical tithi

>

> > > were not in use in those days.Even , diva and ratri karna.

>

> > > 4. What type of calander was in use in those days.Panch yugi

>

> calender was

>

> > in common use

>

> > > having 62 months of 30 solar days each.

>

> > > 5 If it is assumed that Five planets were in their exalted signs

>

> > then Sun ,Jupiter,

>

> > > Saturn, Mars and Venus were in exaltation signs.But if sloka

>

> > means that five planets were in

>

> > > own (sva) and Uchcha signs , Then their is no requirememt that Sun

>

> > should also be in Aries,

>

> > > In that case Moon , Jupiter,Saturn, Mars and Venus will meet the

>

> > requirement of

>

> > > of sloka regarding five planets.

>

> > > 6. In any case if Sun is in Aries , it is dificult to explain that

>

> > moon was in last pada of

>

> > > Punarvasu nakshatra in cancer.

>

> > > As regard following sloka:

>

> > >

>

> > > puShye jaataH tu bharato mIna lagne prasanna dhIH |

>

> > > saarpe jaatau tu saumitrI kuLIre abhyudite ravau || 1-18-15

>

> > >

>

> > > " The meaning are clear - After Sun rise (abhyudite ravau), Bharat

>

> was

>

> > born in

>

> > > pisces Lagna and Pusya Nakchatra.And two sons of Sumitra were born

>

> > > in aslesha nakshatra and cancer sign. "

>

> > > It may be mentioned that 'Vakpati means Jupiter as well as Pusya

>

> > Nakshatra.

>

> > >

>

> > > This mail is just to seek clarifications on the points which are

not

>

> clear

>

> > to me thus far.

>

> > > It would be intresting to know the parametres which Dr. Vartak fed

>

> in the

>

> > computer to arrive a particular date. At least that date can be

relied

>

> upon

>

> > upto the extent and on the basis of these parameteres.

>

> > > Best regards,

>

> > >

>

> > >

>

> > > G. K. Goel

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> >

>

> >

>

> >

>

> >

>

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