गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

166 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
usual twenty-seven nakshatras, on a similar arrangement of unequal spaces, amounts to
only 355 degrees, 45 minutes, 45 seconds, the remainder,—4 degrees, 14 minutes, 15 se-
conds,—is allotted to Abhijit, as an additional nakshatra, placed between Uttarâ-Ashâḍhâ
and Śravaṇa. This system, which I would name the Brahma-Siddhânta system of
unequal spaces, is best explained by Bhâskarâchârya,¹ in his Siddhânta-Śirômaṇi,
Part iii., chapter 2 (Grahagaṇitaspashṭâdhikâra), verses 71 to 74. His text, and his own
commentary on it, are as follows, — sthûlaṁ kṛitaṁ bh-ânayanaṁ yad êtaj jyôtirvidâṁ
saṁvyavahâra-hêtôḥ ॥ 71 ॥ Sûkshmaṁ pravakshyê-tha muni-praṇîtaṁ vivâha-yâtr-âdi-
phala-prasiddhyai। adhyardha-bhôgâni shaḍ atra taj-jñâḥ prôchur Viśâkh-Âditibha-
dhruvâṇi॥ 72 ॥ Shaḍ ardha-bhôgâni cha Bhôgi-Rudra-Vât-Ântak-Êndr-âdhipa-Vâruṇâni।
śêshâṇy=ataḥ pañchadaś=aika-bhôgâny=uktô bha-bhôgaḥ śaśi-madhya-bhuktiḥ॥ 73 ॥
Sarv-arksha-bhôg-ônita-chakra-liptâ Vaiśv-âgrataḥ syâd Abhijid-bha-bhôgaḥ। 74 ॥ Com-
mentary.— Iha yan nakshatr-ânayanaṁ kṛitaṁ tat sthûlaṁ lôka-vyavahâr-ârtha-mâtraṁ
kṛitaṁ॥ Atha Puliśa-Vasishṭha-Garg-âdibhir yad vivâha-yâtr-âdau saṁyak-phala-siddhy-
arthaṁ kathitaṁ tat sûkshmaṁ idânîm pravakshyê॥ Tatra shaḍ adhyardha-bhôgâni।
Viśâkhâ Punarvasu Rôhiṇy=Uttarâ-trayam। atha shaḍ ardha-bhôgâni। Âślêsh=Ârdrâ Svâtî
Bharaṇî Jyêshṭhâ Śatabhishak। êbhyaḥ śêshâṇi pañchadaś=aika-bhôgâni॥ Bhôga-pramâ-
ṇaṁ tu śaśi-madhya-bhuktiḥ 790 35। adhyardha-bhôgaḥ 1185 52½। ardha-bhôgaḥ 395
17½॥ Sarv-arksha-bhôgair ûnitânâṁ chakra-kalânâṁ yach chhêshaṁ sô=Bhijid-bhôgaḥ
254 15॥ Translation.—"This bringing out of nakshatras (i.e. the method of finding
nakshatras, with their ghaṭîs and palas) which has been made (in the preceding verses),
(is) rough, (and is only) for the practical purposes of astrologers. Now I will explain the
accurate (method) taught by [Puliśa, Vasishṭha, Garga, and other] sages, for the purpose
of securing [good] results in the case of a marriage, a journey, &c. On this point, those
who are versed in that (branch of the science) say, that six (nakshatras) have (each) a
space which is one-and-a-half (times of the average space); (viz.) Viśâkhâ, Aditibha
(Punarvasu), and the dhruvas (Rôhiṇî, Uttarâ-Phalgunî, Uttarâ-Ashâḍhâ, and Uttarâ-Bhâ-
drapadâ). And six have a half space (each); (viz.) those the lords of which are Bhôgin,
Rudra, Vâta, Antaka, and Indra, and Vâruṇa [Âślêshâ, Ârdrâ, Svâtî, Bharaṇî, Jyêshṭhâ,
(and) Śatabhishaj (Śatatârakâ)]. The remaining fifteen (nakshatras) have one space
(each). The (average) space of a nakshatra is declared to be the (daily) mean motion
of the moon [790′ 35″(=13° 10′ 35″)]. [A one-and-a-half space (is) 1185′ 52½″(=19° 45′
52½″)]. A half space (is) 395′ 17½″ (=6° 35′ 17½″)]. The space of the nakshatra Abhijit,
(which comes) next after Vaiśva (Uttarâ-Ashâḍhâ), is [the remainder, 254′ 15″ (=4° 14′
15″), of] the minutes of the whole circle, diminished by the spaces of all the (other)
nakshatras." The longitudes of the ending-points of all the nakshatras according to this
system, are given in the last column of Table IX., on page 165 above. And, as before,
¹ The system explained by Bhâskarâchârya, now given, is just the same as that in the Brahma-
Siddhânta. It seems unnecessary, therefore, to give the verses from the Siddhânta itself.