गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)
गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)
Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings by J.F. Fleet (CII Vol III)
जॉन फेथफुल फ्लीट (Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol III) द्वारा
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पृष्ठ 163, कुल 691 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंपृष्ठ 163
THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; APPENDIX III 163
TABLE VIII.
Regulation of the Names of the Saṁvatsaras from the Nakshatras.
| Names and Grouping of the Nakshatras. | Names of the Months to be allotted to the Saṁvatsaras. |
|---|---|
| Kṛittikâ; Rôhiṇî . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Kârttika |
| Mṛiga; Ârdrâ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Mârgaśîrsha |
| Punarvasu; Pushya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Pausha |
| Âślêshâ; Maghâ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Mâgha |
| Pûrvâ-Phalgunî; Uttarâ-Phalgunî; Hasta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Phâlguna |
| Chitrâ; Svâti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Chaitra |
| Viśâkhâ; Anurâdhâ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Vaiśâkha |
| Jyêshṭhâ; Mûla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Jyêshṭha |
| Pûrvâ-Ashâḍhâ; Uttarâ-Ashâḍhâ; (Abhijit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Âshâḍha |
| (Abhijit); Śravaṇa; Dhanishṭhâ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Śrâvaṇa |
| Śatatârakâ; Pûrvâ-Bhâdrapadâ; Uttarâ-Bhâdrapadâ . . . . . . . . . . . | Bhâdrapada |
| Rêvatî; Aśvinî; Bharaṇî . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Âśvina (Âśvayuja) |
| to Agni (as the starting-point),¹ in regular succession; but that year which is the fifth, | |
| (or) the last but one, or the last, has three nakshatras."² And, from this and similar | |
| authorities. we obtain the results exhibited in Table VIII. above, for the naming of the | |
| saṁvatsaras from the nakshatras.³ | |
| Now, the twenty-seventh part of the ecliptic circle is called a nakshatra. And | |
| 360 degrees, divided by 27, gives 13 degrees, 20 minutes (of arc). Therefore, accord- | |
| ing to such a division of the circle into equal parts, there is this much distance | |
| from the beginning of one nakshatra to the beginning of the next following. And, | |
| when the longitude of a heavenly body exceeds nil, but does not exceed 13 degrees, | |
| 20 minutes, it is said to be in Aśvinî; and so on. The longitudes of the ending-points of | |
| all the nakshatras. on this system of equal spaces, are given in the last column but two | |
| ¹ i.e. from Kṛittikâ. Agni is the regent of the nakshatra Kṛittikâ, which was, at one time, the | |
| first in order of the lunar mansions. | |
| ² [Kern's text is the same. His translation is—"the years Kârttika and following comprehend | |
| two lunar mansions beginning with Kṛittikâ, and so on, in regular succession, except the fifth, | |
| eleventh, and twelfth years, to each of which appertain three asterisms."—J. F. F.] | |
| ³ I should state, however, that there is a little difference of opinion on this point. Utpala, the | |
| commentator on the Bṛihat-Saṁhitâ, has discussed it at length; and arrived at the conclusion which is | |
| exhibited in Table VIII. In the ancient and modern works that I have referred to, I find ten authori- | |
| ties,—and such ancient names as those of Vṛiddha-Garga and Kaśyapa among them,—giving the rule | |
| regulating the names of the saṁvatsaras of the Twelve-Year Cycle by the nakshatras. Out of these | |
| ten, Garga (not Vṛiddha-Garga), and Parâśara, as quoted by Utpala,—but these two only,—hold that | |
| the tenth and eleventh months, Śrâvaṇa and Bhâdrapada, have three nakshatras each; viz. Śravaṇa, | |
| Dhanishṭhâ, and Śatatârakâ, are assigned to Śrâvaṇa; and Pûrvâ-Bhâdrapadâ, Uttarâ-Bhâdrapadâ, | |
| and Rêvatî, to Bhâdrapada; and, consequently, Âśvina has only Âśvinî and Bharaṇî. | |
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