The society evolved better with different methodology of sacrificing (time) with Yūpa (gnomon/pole) and Caśāla (Hexagonal feeder to birds) later to bear hunting and the last incident of human sacrifice of Śunaśepa is recorded in Aitareya Brāhmaṇan and Rāmāyaṇa, both with Śunaśepa, but under different kinship like those of Hariṣcandra and Ambariṣa. Interestingly, Hariṣcandra and … Continue reading Sacrifice of Śunaśepa
Tag: Nakshatra
Nakṣatra was used in the sense of star and the Sun in masculine form in Ṛgveda Saṃhitā
The sense of ‘star’ appears to be adequate for all or nearly all the passages in which the word Nakṣatra appears in the Ṛgveda. The etymological application of Nirukta ‘obtain’ for the root Nakṣ here is well received for the sun, on the contrary, the same etymology won’t apply for the moon going through a … Continue reading Nakṣatra was used in the sense of star and the Sun in masculine form in Ṛgveda Saṃhitā
Bang your head on why any nakṣatra is not mentioned on Viśuva day in VJ
Bang Bang People want me to argue on dating of Vedang Jyotisha. I said, this may culminate into a book. But first bang your head on why any nakshatra is not mentioned on Vishuva (equinox) day when one has calculation method from Vishuva in VJ. The below verses shows calculation of Viśuva to Viśuva to … Continue reading Bang your head on why any nakṣatra is not mentioned on Viśuva day in VJ
Kṛttikādi and 28 constellation system
In the previous blog we saw how the beginning of seasons went to Asuras via Kṛttikāḥ being at autumnal equinox. I have already taken Tai. Bra text to 10,000 BCE w.r.t Saṃvatsara in Viśuva-Vernal Equinox at Uttarā Phālgunī in one of my blogs. The previous blogs go little further back into antiquity around 15,000 BCE … Continue reading Kṛttikādi and 28 constellation system
Fascinating Astronomical and Eustatic Observation by King Bṛhadratha
Let us see some interesting observations of King Bṛhadratha in the Maitrayāṇī Upanishad (MAU). I have once mentioned King Bṛhadratha, in one of my previous blogs, who is a Rigvedic Ikṣvāku lineage king mentioned in Rigveda (I. 36.18, X. 49.6). The Maitrayāṇī Upanishad - MAU has very interesting various evidence in regard to noticing of Astronomy … Continue reading Fascinating Astronomical and Eustatic Observation by King Bṛhadratha
How Abhijit, famed for North Celestial Pole star, became eponymous to the direction North
@Tropic of Cancerand Longitude 70.1337° E@Tropic of Cancerand Longitude 70.1337° E@Tropic of Cancerand Longitude 70.1337° E@Tropic of Cancer and Longitude 70.1337° EPhotographs are taken during autumnal equinox time @Tropic of Cancer, shadow thus falls on the north side of gnomon. Sharing my experiential knowledge In this blogpost the stray guesses and scattered philosophy, already available … Continue reading How Abhijit, famed for North Celestial Pole star, became eponymous to the direction North
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