The
Vedanga Jyotisha, is an Indian text on
Jyotisha' is the Hindu system of astrology. Jyotisha is also known as Indian astrology, Hindu astrology, and Vedic astrology.
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(Indian astronomy), redacted by
Lagadha (लगध).
The text is foundational to the Jyotisha discipline of
VedangaThe Vedanga are six auxiliary disciplines for the understanding and tradition of the Vedas.#Shiksha : phonetics and phonology #Chandas : meter#Vyakarana : grammar#Nirukta : etymology...
, and is dated to the final centuries BCE. The text describes rules for tracking the motions of the sun and the moon. In the Vedanga Jyotisha Lagadha praises astronomy as the crowning subject in the ancillary Vedic studies.
The Vedanga Jyotisha is available in three recensions: those of
YajurvedaThe Yajurveda is the third of the four canonical texts of Hinduism, the Vedas...
,
RigvedaThe Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas...
, and
AtharvavedaThe Atharvaveda is a sacred text of Hinduism, and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda"....
, which contain many similar passages but exhibit marked differences as well.
- English translation: T.S.
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The
Vedanga Jyotisha, is an Indian text on
Jyotisha' is the Hindu system of astrology. Jyotisha is also known as Indian astrology, Hindu astrology, and Vedic astrology.
[Sutton, Komilla...]
(Indian astronomy), redacted by
Lagadha (लगध).
The text is foundational to the Jyotisha discipline of
VedangaThe Vedanga are six auxiliary disciplines for the understanding and tradition of the Vedas.#Shiksha : phonetics and phonology #Chandas : meter#Vyakarana : grammar#Nirukta : etymology...
, and is dated to the final centuries BCE. The text describes rules for tracking the motions of the sun and the moon. In the Vedanga Jyotisha Lagadha praises astronomy as the crowning subject in the ancillary Vedic studies.
Editions
The Vedanga Jyotisha is available in three recensions: those of
YajurvedaThe Yajurveda is the third of the four canonical texts of Hinduism, the Vedas...
,
RigvedaThe Rigveda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas...
, and
AtharvavedaThe Atharvaveda is a sacred text of Hinduism, and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda"....
, which contain many similar passages but exhibit marked differences as well.
- English translation: T.S. Kupanna Sastry, Indian National Science Academy, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi.
- Hindi translation: Girja Shankar Shashtri, Jyotisha Karmkanda and Adhyatma Shodh Sansthan, 455 Vasuki Khurd, Daraganj, Allahabad-6.