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Solar Yogas (Vasi, Vesi, Ubhayachari)
Vasi-Vesi-Ubhayachari are termed solar yogas – i.e. yogas caused by Sun. If there are planets (other than Moon, Rahu, Ketu) in 12th house from Sun then it is Vasi yoga. If there are planets (other than Moon, Rahu, Ketu) in 2nd house from Sun then it is Vesi yoga. If there are planets (other then Moon, Rahu, Ketu) in both sides of Sun then it is Ubhayachari yoga.
ePublishing of Skanda Hora (Jyotishmati Upanishad) and Lomasa Samhita
Skanda Hora alias Jyotishmati Upanishat, believed to be written by God Skanda, is considered as the first book of Ancient Indian Astrology and part of Appendix of Atharva Veda is ePublished! A4 size. 432 pages. eBook price : Rs.1000/- ($20).
Lomasa Samhita, believed to be written by Sage Lomasa, is a rare book that deals with natal horoscopy. The two Utthanas (sections) of this rare book is available. The current edition is the first Utthana of book book having 10 chapters. A4 size. 230 pages. eBook price : Rs.500/- ($10).
Both the books contain Sanskrit slokas along with translation and commentary and are co-authored by Sreenadh OG and Veneet Kumar, and contain rare info that you won't find anywhere else.
Read on to know the details-
Lunar Yogas (Anabha, Sunabha, Dhurudhara, Kemadruma)
For lunar yogas with names Anabha, Sunabha, Dhurudhara & Kemadruma are very popular. Many believe that these words are of Greek origin. They provide the following info to support their argument. (E.g.: http://www.robhand.com/histintr.htm )
| Sanskrit | Greek | English |
| Sunapha | Sunaphe | Applying |
| Anaphara | Pnaphara (Anaphein) | Separating |
| Daurudhara | Doruphoria | Doryphory |
| Kemadruma | Kenodromia | Void of C (Void of Course Moon) |
Gods, Sages and Scholars
The ancient authors of astrological texts can be categorized in to three, specially pointing to their antiquity- one-Gods, two-Prajapatis and Sages and three-Scholars. The ancient most period is ascribed to the gods, the period after that to Prajapatis and sages and the period of near datable antiquity to scholars. If some text is ascribed to the gods then it means that the the text is undatable and comes does down to us from the ancient most antiquity, and if ascribed to prajapatis or sages it means that mostly they too come down to us from the undatable antiquity even though later than the gods (and dating efforts can be done, even though there is a very less chance for us to succeed in it) and if ascribed to the scholars then they come after the period of the sages and there is a pretty good chance that we would be able to locate their chronological period of existence. Among later day scholars also at times it many happen that if some scholar is really into the path of spirituality he might be called a sage instead of a scholar (but this is a rare occurrence as far as astrological texts are concerned). This text contains the quotes from the texts authored by the above three categories of ancient wisemen - gods, prajapatis/sages and ancient scholars.
Adbhuta Sagara and the Period of Some Sages
I was going through the ancient text Adbhuta Sagara written by the Jain king Ballala sena of 13th century AD. Some quotes that mention the position of winter and summer solstice at various periods as quoted by many sages is present in the book and this unique info attracted my attention. The following write-up is based on the info provided by this book alone.
BC 1500-1400 (Vedanga Jyotisha of Sage Lagatha)
“The Uttarayana starts from beginning of Dhanishta and the Dakshinayana from the middle of Aslesha.”
[Vedanga Jyotisha].
As per this winter solstice is at the beginning of Dhanishta and the summer solstice at the middle of Aslesha. This is a fact of BC 1500-1400 and thus the book Vedanga Jyotisha and the sage Lagatha dates back to BC 1500-1400 period.
The mention of middle point of Dhanishta and the starting point of Aslesha clarifies that the sage is speaking about the fixed Nakshatra divisions and NOT about a particular star. (i.e. the fixed Nakshatra divisions and the Nakshatra chakra of 27 Nakshatras were in place at that time itself)