History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.370

v6.c82.370

³⁵⁸ उत्पल on Br J II 5 explains 'कृष्णाष्टम्यर्धाच्छुक्लाष्टम्यर्धं यावत् क्षीणश्चन्द्रः । "शुक्लपक्षाष्टम्यर्धात् कृष्णपक्षाष्टम्यर्धं यावत् चन्द्रः सौम्यः । बुधः पापयुतः सोऽप्य् एव' Tetrabiblos I. 5 regards Jupiter, Venus and Moon as beneficent and places the Sun on the same footing as Mercury. Utpala notes that Yavaneśvara holds that Moon is never malefic and quotes two verses from him, which are found in the Nepal Durbar ms. of Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja,