Decoding date in Sanskrit verse

Thu Dec 1 13:06:57 UTC 2005

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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">I would like to forward the follwoeing message by Dr Karl-Heinz Golzio (Bonn, Germany).</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best wishes</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">Roland Steiner</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">------- Forwarded message follows -------</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">Date sent:                  </span></font><font 
face="Times New Roman" color="#000080"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:31:49 +0100</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">From:                         </span></font><font 
face="Times New Roman" color="#000080"><span style="font-size:11pt">Karl-Heinz Golzio <KHGolzio at web.de></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>Subject:                    </b></span></font><font 
face="Times New Roman" color="#000080"><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>Decoding date</b></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear Mr. Gansten,</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">I was aware of the discussion about the date via Roland Steiner, Marburg. Your decoding of 
the second year date as (Vikrama) year 1873 was a step forward, but to my opinion your 
calculation is questionable. Supposed, the meaning of jNavAra is indeed Wednesday ( I 
prefer Thursday, "day of the knower", i. e. B.rhaspati) and the number of the tithi is indeed 
"13", then the solution will be "Tuesday, 12th March 1816", _in case_ you have chosen a 
_current_ year, what is rather unlikely. I think, it is an elapsed year, and if this is the case, 
the result will be "Saturday, 1th March 1817". However, the real problem is the meaning of 
"suta", but I think, here it has the meaning of "soma juice" or simply "soma", thus meaning 
"1". Now we have to calculate "Thursday, the 11th tithi of the bright half of the elapsed 
´Saka year 1738" corresponding to "Thursday, 27th February 1817 CE". I hpe, my solution 
is convincing.  </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best wishes</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11pt">Karl-Heinz Golzio </span></font></div>
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