|
Garga Samhita (other)
''Garga Samhita'' is the title of several Sanskrit-language texts: * Garga-samhita (Garga and Kraushtuki), a 1st century CE astrological treatise, also known as ''Garga-jyotisha'' * Garga-samhita (Garga and Bharadvaja) ''Garga-samhita'' (IAST: Garga-saṃhitā), is an Indian Sanskrit-language text on jyotisha (ancient Indian astrology and astronomy), written as a dialogue between the sages Bharadvaja and Garga. Although attributed to Garga, it was definitely not ..., a 6th-7th century astrological and astronomical treatise * Garga Samhita (Vaishnavite text), an account of the life of Radha Krishna {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garga-samhita (Garga And Kraushtuki)
''Gargiya-jyotisha'' ( IAST: ''Gārgīya-jyotiṣa''), also known as ''Garga-samhita'' (IAST: ''Garga-saṃhitā''), is a 1st-century Indian Sanskrit-language astrological treatise attributed to Garga. The oldest extant text of the Indian astrology (jyotiḥśāstra), it is written in form a dialogue between Garga and Kraushtuki. Date ''Gargiya-jyotisha'' is the oldest extant text of the Indian astrology (jyotiḥśāstra), composed around 25 CE. ''Mahabharata'' 13.18.25–26 (''Anushasana Parva'') refers to the 64 divisions of a work of Garga, a description identical to given in the second chapter of the ''Garga-jyotisha''. This suggests that the work was well-known and widely circulated by the time this portion of ''Mahabharata'' was written. Manuscripts and translations The name ''Gargiya-jyotisha'' ("Jyotisha of Garga") derives from the colophons contained in the text's manuscripts. Mitra-mishra's '' Viramitrodaya'' refers to the text as ''Garga-samhita'', a name shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garga-samhita (Garga And Bharadvaja)
''Garga-samhita'' ( IAST: Garga-saṃhitā), is an Indian Sanskrit-language text on jyotisha (ancient Indian astrology and astronomy), written as a dialogue between the sages Bharadvaja and Garga. Although attributed to Garga, it was definitely not composed by the ancient astrologer of that name, and can be dated to 6th-7th century CE. Date and manuscripts The text is of uncertain date, but was definitely composed after Brahmagupta's '' Brahma-sphuta-siddhanta'' (6th-7th century CE). Based on its mathematical contents, Michio Yano dates ''Garga-samhita'' to 6th-7th century CE. The text is known from a manuscript kept at the Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute (VVRI), Hoshiarpur. The VVRI manuscript 2069 was copied by Thakura Datta Joshi and collated by Hariprasada Sharma at Hoshiarpur in 1960. Content The text is also known as the "astronomical Garga-samhita" to distinguish it from the "astrological" '' Gargiya-jyotisha'', an earlier text which is also known as ''Garga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |