________________ 4. 92 O Fit: presti6492: l istartarteriuGE: 1 grin Yuna mifatrat: 1 791aqary: hipett II If, within a period of 32 years prio to. 4927, Kali era, the planetary combinations mentioned by Madhavacharya, occur in any year, we may safely accept that year as the year of Shanker's birth. The sun reaches his exaltation only in the month of medom and so we conclude that to be the month of acharya's liirth. since the year and the month can be secured in this manner, is there any means of finding out the date of birth and the ascending sign? Even now in shringari and other places. a festi' val is celibreted in the inonth of madom under the following astronomical conjunctions; The moon in the constellation Ardra Betel geuze ) on the fifth day <<fter the new moon. This festival is in honour of sliri Shankeracharya. From this we infer that he was born under the same cojunction. But the moon may remain in the constellation Ardra on the 4th 5th 6th or 7th day after the new moon. which phenomenon is . however cofined to the month of medom. From the Shringiri festival, we may gather *that the birth of the Guru was on the tifth day y after the new'moon and that the moon.then was in the constellation of Ardra. Shanker Vijayam tells us tbat. the sun, mars, Jupiter and saturn were occupying exalted positions. If within a period of 32 years prior to 3927 Kali era, these combinations and conditions occur in any year, then that year may be set dowu as the year of the Acharya's birth. P.P.AC. Gunratnasuri M.S. Jun Gun Aaradhak Trust
