[INDOLOGY] Revolving wheel in ancient Indian literature

[George Thompson]

Yes, Dominik.  I agree.  The Dirghatamas cycle is late RV, though.

George

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The reference to 360 spokes is a sexagesimal number expressed in decimal.
> This certainly points to the mathematical traditions of Mesopotamia.
>
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> Professor Dominik Wujastyk* <http://ualberta.Academia.edu/DominikWujastyk>
> Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
> Department of History and Classics
> <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/>
> University of Alberta, Canada
>
> On 18 March 2016 at 08:52, George Thompson <gthomgt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Madhav's passage is RV 1.164.11.  By chance, I've been looking at this
>> hymn today.
>>
>> George Thompson
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The idea of a rotating wheel of time goes all the way back to the
>>> Rigveda: dvādaśāraṃ na hi taj jarāya vavarti cakram pari dyām ṛtasya (don't
>>> have the textual ref at hand).  The idea of the spokes of the wheel going
>>> up and down is referred to in Sanskrit lit in many places with expressions
>>> like cakra-nemi-krama and cakrārapaṅkti.
>>>
>>> Madhav Deshpande
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear List,
>>>>
>>>> Mahabharata I, 29. 2-5 and Sumangalavilasini (Buddhaghosa's commentary
>>>> to Mahaparinibbana-sutta)  VI, 26  contain images of a revolving wheel
>>>> (with 360? spokes), guarded by figures with swords in hands, and by two
>>>> serpents. Viśvakarma/Vissakamma is mentioned as the wheel's constructor.
>>>>
>>>> Is that - or similar - image present somewhere else in the ancient
>>>> Indian literature?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for your comments -
>>>>
>>>> Artur Karp
>>>>
>>>> South Asian Studies Deptt (emeritus), University of Warsaw, Poland
>>>>
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