[INDOLOGY] About "bha-graha"

[Harry Spier]

Martin Gansten  wrote:

>  Verse 45 has bhagrahau, making it probable that the compound should be
> understood as a dvandva throughout. In that case, bha is probably a synonym
> of nakṣatra or asterism ('zodiacal sign' would be another possibility,
>

This agrees with  whats written in "Ancient Indian Astronomical Terms and
Their Interpretations in the Light of Modern Astronomy" by Arupratan
Bhattacharya

For bha he has "see dhiṣṇya"
and for dhiṣṇya he has: "Asterism; lunar mansion; synonym naksatra (c.w.
bha)

Harry Spier


>
> Den 2019-09-24 kl. 11:40, skrev Mrinal Kaul via INDOLOGY:
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> In the following verse of the *Tantrāloka* (28.42cd-43ab) of
> Abhinavagupta, I do not completely understand the expression *bha-graha*.
> The only thing I am sure is that this has to do with Jyotiṣa.
>
> *bhagraha*samayaviśeṣo nāśvayuje ko 'pi tena tadvarjam |
> velā*bhagraha*kalanā kathitaikādaśasu māseṣu ||
>
> Can someone guide me? I apologise for being illiterate in Jyotiṣa and I
> did not get much help from the obvious basic sources either. I hope I am
> not missing something very basic.
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
>
> Mrinal
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