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Samavāyāngasūtra
lunar day upto fifteenth lunar day till moon is perfectly uncovered. On other times, moon is partially covered or uncovered.
Parva rāhu covers (moon and sun) at least oncé) in six months and excellently moon (once) in forty-two months and sun (once) in forty-eight year. This is explicitly stated in Bhagavatīsūtra’ also.
Thus it appears plausible that dhruva rāhu as implied in Jaina texts, seems to denote the shadow which covers moon with darkness in fifteen lunar days of the lunar disc per lunar day and removes the darkness at the same rate in the lunar bright half. Likewise parva rāhu as implied in Jaina texts, denotes the shadow which covers moon and sun with darkness during their eclipses respectively.
1. Sūryaparajñapti, Ladnun, 20/3. 2. MLBD, Delhi, p. 28. 3. Bhagavati, Ladnun, 12/123-124.
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