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5. ASTRONOMICAL CONCEPTS
There is a strange similarity in treatment of the heavenly bodies and their motion, practically, in all the available ancient Prakrit texts of the karaṇānuyoga group, related earlier. From the following tables, it appears as if the calendar adopted in the Vedānga Jyotişa has something to do with that adopted in Prakrit texts :
PRECESSION OF EQUINOXE
Calendar of the Vedānga Jy046tişa
Year
Sun's
northerly
course
Sun's
southerly
course
Month &
Tithi
Sun's Nakşatra
Moon's Nakşatra
Month & Tithi
Moon's Nakşatra
Sun's Nakşatra Āśleşārdha
Magha Dhaniwhite I sthā
Dhanişthā
Citrā
Srāvana white 7
II
Māgha white 13
Ārdrā
Srāvana dark 4
Pūrvā Bhādrapad
III
Māgha dark 10
»
»
Anuradha
Srāvana white 1
Aslesa
V
Māgha white 7
Ašvini
Sravana white 13
Purva Asādha
V
Māgha dark 4
Uttara Phālguni
Sravana dark 10
Rohiņi
64.
Cf. Dixit, op. cit., p. 101,
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