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Vedanga Jyotisha (वेदाङ्गज्योतिषम्) (view source)
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== Jyotisha in Vedas ==
== Jyotisha in Vedas ==
Like many branches of knowledge, the beginnings of astronomy in Bharatavarsha have been traced back to the Vedas. Vedanga Jyotisha text is found in two recensions - Rigveda Jyotisha and Yajurveda Jyotisha. Though the contents of both the recensions are the same they differ in the number of verses contained in them. Rigveda version contains only 36 verses whereas the Yajurveda version contains 44 verses, the difference attributed to the addition of explanatory verses given by the adhvaryu who used them.<blockquote>यथा शिखा मयूराणां नागानां मणयो यथा । तद्वद्वेदाङ्गशास्राणां ज्योतिषं (गणितं) मूर्धनि स्थितम् ॥ १९ ॥ (Veda. Jyot. Yaju. 4) </blockquote>Like the crests on the heads of peacocks, like the gems on the hoods of the snakes (cobras) astronomy (mathematics) is at the highest position of vedanga shastras (the six ancillary branches of knowledge).
Like many branches of knowledge, the beginnings of astronomy in Bharatavarsha have been traced back to the Vedas. Vedanga Jyotisha text is found in two recensions - Rigveda Jyotisha and Yajurveda Jyotisha. Though the contents of both the recensions are the same they differ in the number of verses contained in them. Rigveda version contains only 36 verses whereas the Yajurveda version contains 44 verses, the difference attributed to the addition of explanatory verses given by the adhvaryu who used them.<blockquote>यथा शिखा मयूराणां नागानां मणयो यथा । तद्वद्वेदाङ्गशास्राणां ज्योतिषं (गणितं) मूर्धनि स्थितम् ॥ १९ ॥ (Veda. Jyot. Yaju. 4) </blockquote>Like the crests on the heads of peacocks, like the gems on the hoods of the snakes (cobras) astronomy (mathematics) is at the highest position of vedanga shastras (the six ancillary branches of knowledge).
== Contents of Vedanga Jyotisha ==
Several important aspects related to Kala are discussed in this text.<ref name=":1" />
# The Solstices
# Increase and decrease of the durations of days and nights in the ayanas
# The solstitial tithis
# The seasons
# Omission of titihis
# Table of parvas
# Yogas (which later developed as one of the five limbs of the Panchanga)
# Finding parva nakshatras and parva tithis
# The vishuvats (equinoxes)
# The solar and other types of years
# The revolutions of the Sun and moon (as seen from the earth)
# The times of the Sun's and Moon's transit through a nakshatra
# The adhikamasa (intercalary month)
# The measures of the longest day and shortest day
== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Vedangas]]