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Eclipses have been mentioned and described as caused by Svarbhānu or Rāhu. The Ṛgveda (5. 40. 5–9) describes an eclipse of the Sun as brought about by Svarbhānu. The Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa (4. 5. 2; 4. 6. 13; 6. 6. 8; 14. 11. 14–15; 23. 16. 2) mentions eclipses as many as five times. Eclipses have been mentioned in the Atharvaveda (19. 9. 10), the Gopathabrāhmaṇa (8. 19) and the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (5. 3. 2. 2) also.<ref>Kolachana, Aditya & Mahesh, Kaluva & Ramasubramanian, K.. (2019). Main characteristics and achievements of ancient Indian astronomy in historical perspective. 10.1007/978-981-13-7326-8_24. </ref> | Eclipses have been mentioned and described as caused by Svarbhānu or Rāhu. The Ṛgveda (5. 40. 5–9) describes an eclipse of the Sun as brought about by Svarbhānu. The Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa (4. 5. 2; 4. 6. 13; 6. 6. 8; 14. 11. 14–15; 23. 16. 2) mentions eclipses as many as five times. Eclipses have been mentioned in the Atharvaveda (19. 9. 10), the Gopathabrāhmaṇa (8. 19) and the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (5. 3. 2. 2) also.<ref>Kolachana, Aditya & Mahesh, Kaluva & Ramasubramanian, K.. (2019). Main characteristics and achievements of ancient Indian astronomy in historical perspective. 10.1007/978-981-13-7326-8_24. </ref> | ||
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+ | an eclipse; शशिदिवाकरयोर्ग्रहपीडनम् Bh.2.91; H.1.51; Pt.2.19.-पुषः the sun. -भक्तिः f. division of countries &c. with respect to the presiding planets. | ||
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Eclipses have been mentioned and described as caused by Svarbhānu or Rāhu. The Ṛgveda (5. 40. 5–9) describes an eclipse of the Sun as brought about by Svarbhānu. The Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa (4. 5. 2; 4. 6. 13; 6. 6. 8; 14. 11. 14–15; 23. 16. 2) mentions eclipses as many as five times. Eclipses have been mentioned in the Atharvaveda (19. 9. 10), the Gopathabrāhmaṇa (8. 19) and the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (5. 3. 2. 2) also.[1]
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ग्रह m. seizure of the sun and moon , eclipse AV. xix , 9 , 7 and 10 VarBr2S.
Apte
an eclipse; शशिदिवाकरयोर्ग्रहपीडनम् Bh.2.91; H.1.51; Pt.2.19.-पुषः the sun. -भक्तिः f. division of countries &c. with respect to the presiding planets.
References
- ↑ Kolachana, Aditya & Mahesh, Kaluva & Ramasubramanian, K.. (2019). Main characteristics and achievements of ancient Indian astronomy in historical perspective. 10.1007/978-981-13-7326-8_24.