Chronological Systems of Gujarat

Author(s): Bharati K Shelat
Publisher: Pranav Shelat

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Amānta26. With a reference to the solar and lunar months, the intercalations were introduced. The inferences to the Karanas are seen for the first time in Vedānga Jyotişa27. In the Atharva Jyotișa there oocur references to the seven planets28 in the order in which they are associated with the week-days at present. This enumeration and sequence may imply that they are here: in fact mentioned in relation to week-days29 but they are here associated with the karaņas of day-timeo.
Kalpasūtra works contain several references to chronology. The names of the twelve months are given according to the old system31. At one place in Asvalāyana Śrautasūtra there is a reference to seasons32. The seasons commenced with the Spring. The word tithi is not mentioned anywhere, but there occurs mention of certain particular tithis33. Some detailed information of nak satras is gathered from the references to the different naksatras34
In Paraskarasūtra, we get some information about the nakșatras35, but the Pāraskarasūtra, as well as the Āśvalāyanasūtra, contains no reference to intercalations, 26. Ibid., p. 139 27. Ātharvaņa-Jyotişam, 3,7,12 28. Atharvana-Jyotişam, 3,8,1 29. BJ., p. 141 30. Poona Orientalist, XII: 1 to 4, pp. 64 ff. 31. Āś. Srautasūtra, 4,12 32. Ibid., 4, 12 33. Āś. Gșhyasūtra, 2,3,1; 2,4,1; 3,5 34. Āś. Srautasūtra, 2,1; Āś. Gịhyasūtra, 2,10,3; 1,4; 1; 1,14, 35. Pāraskarasūtra, 2, 16