Risht Samucchaya

SR No.: 002800
Original Sutra Author: Durgadevacharya
Author: A S Gopani
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 1945
Total Pages: 290
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 16 MB

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THE RISTASAMUCCAYA
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and are resemble somewhat with the five types of the planets known in Astrology, namely, बाल, कुमार, तरुण, वृद्ध and मृत. The author has described here five types of the खरs, namely, नामवर ( st. 229 ), जन्मस्थर ( st. 230 ), गर्भखर ( st. 230 ), मासखर (sts. 230 - 235 ) and राशिखर ( st. 236 ). compare the of the text with that of NJC and note the fundamental difference :
नभस्य मार्गवैशाखे ह्यस्वरस्योदयो भवेत् । आश्विनश्रावणाषाविकारो नायकः स्मृतः ॥ १ ॥ उकार पौषे स्यादेकारो ज्येष्ठकार्त्तिके । ओकार उदयं याति माघफाल्गुनमासयोः ॥ २ ॥ द्वे दिने व्यब्धयो नाट्यश्चाष्टात्रिंशत् पलानि च । तदयुक्तोऽसावत्र वै मासिकस्वरे ॥ ३ ॥
इति यामले मासखरचक्रम् . ( p. 19 ).
If we do not emend the stanza, it represents a variety of the गाथा called उपगीति which is also known as गाथ.
235 सावणसिअपक्खस्स - This shows that the author is in favour of the Purnimanta months. As this usage was current in the North, it supports our inference that the author, in all probability, must have flourished in the North. JACOBI says to the effect that in connection with the Saka Samvat, the Amanta months were generally made use of. The Saka Samvat was the generally accepted Samvat of the southerners and the months in the system of the Saka Samvat were almost always Amanta. (See Samaraiccakaha, Bibliotheca Indica Series, Vol. 169, 1926, Intro. p. 2 as quoted from the Indian Antiquary, 1896, p. 271, footnote ).
286 रासिसरो - The NJC gives a different description of the राशिस्वरचक्र :
वृषावकारे च मिथुनाद्याः षढशकाः । मिथुनांशश्रयं चैवमिकारे सिंहकर्कटौ ॥ १ ॥
कन्याला उकारे च वृश्चिकाद्यास्त्रयोंऽशकाः ।
एकारे वृश्चिकत्यांशाश्चापः षट् च मृगादिमाः ॥ २ ॥
faraar मृगस्यात्याः कुंभमीनौ तथैौस्वरे ।
एवं राशिस्वरः प्रोक्तो नवांशकक्रमोदयः ॥ ३ ॥ ( p. 14 ) .
237 पंच विThe items enumerated are four, namely, नक्खतं,
राखी, ari and तिही. The numeral used is पंच; thus there is