[INDOLOGY] Query

[Suresh Kolichala]

By devavarṣa, they are probably referring to the Divine Year. The standard
description in the Sūrya Siddhānta and the Purāṇas  is that an year for
human beings is one ahorātra (day+night) for the gods.  Three hundred
ahoratras of gods make one *devavatsara, **divyavatsara *or *devavarṣa*.

On the other hand, the Jupiter Year, according to the data given in the
Sūrya Siddhānta, is 361days, 0h 38mins.

Regards,
Suresh.

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Patrick Olivelle <jpo at uts.cc.utexas.edu>wrote:

> The Smṛticandrikā at one place explains the need to put down the "varṣa"
> in a document as "devavarṣamityādi". I do not know what "devavarṣa" could
> be. It is not one of the 60 names of the Jupiter Cycle. Any help will be
> deeply appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Patrick
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