History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.264

v6.c82.264

⁷⁹⁴ शिवभुजग मित्रपित्र्यवसुजलविश्वविरिञ्चिपद्मजमभवाः। इन्द्राग्नीन्दु निशाचरवरुणार्यमयो नयश्चाह्नि ॥ रुद्राजाहिर्बुध्न्याः पूषा दस्रान्तकाग्निशातारः । इन्द्वादितिगुरुहरिरवितिष्ट्रानिलाख्याः क्षपा रात्रौ॥ अह्रः पञ्चदशांशो रात्रेचैवं मुहूर्त इति संज्ञा। बृहद्योगयात्रा VI. 2 4 (Ms in the Bhau Daji Collection in the Bombay Asiatic Society) Vide also रत्नमाला VII. 1-2. These are quoted by उत्पल in his com on बृहत्संहिता 42 12 and 98 3 and in his com on योगयात्रा II. 3-5 and V 10 It should be noted that the verses about the मुहूर्तs of night in वायु (note 792) correspond to these verses of वराह The मुहूर्तसार्तण्ड II. 4 specifies the devatās of the 15 muhūrtas of the day and 15 of the night. Alberuni (Sachau, vol. I pp 338-342 ) discusses at length how muhūrtas may be short or long and gives the dominant deities of the 15 muhūrtas of the day.