History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.335.2

v6.c82.335.2

1 (abhī tyam meṣam) refer to rāśis, when he himself had to concede that he could not find the other ten in the Ṛg The appearance of the rāśis is briefly described by the Bṛhajjātaka⁸³⁷ I. 5 and explained by Utpala as follows: (The sign Mīna i e Pisces) appears as two fishes (each facing the tail of the other), Kumbha appears as a man carrying an empty jar placed on his shoulder, the sign of Gemini is represented as a man carrying a mace and a woman holding a lute, the sign of Sagittarius is a man with a bow whose legs are like those of a horse, the sign Capricorn is a crocodile with the face of a deer, sign of Libra is a person holding scales, the sign Virgo is represented by a maiden in a boat with an ear of corn in one hand and fire in the other; the remaining signs are similar (in form) to the objects indicated by their names and all signs reside in places appropriate to their names For more detailed descriptions, vide the twelve verses quoted from Yavaneśvara by Utpala which I have quoted and translated in my paper in the Journal of the Bombay Asiatic Society vol. 30 parts 1 and 2 pp 1-7 and which are found in the Yavana-jātaka of Sphujidhvaja (a palm-leaf ms of which exists in the Nepal Durbar Library) and in the Vṛddhayavanajātaka of Mīnarāja Those verses also name the special objects and places governed by the different rāśis Several verses of Kāśyapa are quoted by Utpala on Br.