History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.418

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⁸⁷⁵ अङ्गेषु सूर्यो यवनेषु चन्द्रो भौमो ह्यवन्त्यां मगधेषु सौम्य । सिन्धौ गुरुर्भोजकटेपु शुक्र सौर. सुराष्ट्रे विषये चमूव॥ म्लेच्छेषु केतुश्च तम कलिङ्गे जातो यतोऽत. परिपीडितास्ते। स्वजन्मदेशान्रपीडयन्ति ततोभियोज्या क्षितिपेन देशाः ॥ योगयात्रा III. 19-20, compare सारावली VII. 14-15, where शुक्र is said to have been born in समतट and both राहू and केतु in द्राविड Vide the Chammak plate of Pravarasena II where the village Carmānka is said to be in Bhojakaṭarājya (Gupta Inscriptions, No 55 p 237). In Brahmapurāṇa 201.9 Bhojakaṭa is said to be the capital of Rukmin, of Vidarbha Similar verses occur in the वृद्धयवनजातक of मीनराज chap II 9-10 (I O ms folio 4b and Baroda ms No 9183 folio 4b) In the अथर्वपरिशिष्ट (No. 41.1. 3-5) on ग्रहयुद्ध, verses 5-6 are similar but there the sun is said to have been born in कालिङ्ग, Venus is said to have been born in महाराष्ट्र, केतु on मलय, राहु on गिरिशृङ्ग Vide Indische Studien vol. X p 317 The बृहत्संहिता has chap. 17 on ग्रहयुद्ध. In verse 2 वराह says that the planets move one above the other, but, on account of the great distances, to the human eye they appear level with each other. The बृहत्संहिता describes at length the results to different countries and peoples of *yuddha* between different planets The अथर्वपरिशिष्ट adds ‘यस्मिन्देशे तु यो जात स ग्रह० पीड्यते यदा। त देश घातितं विद्याद् दुर्भिक्षेण भयेन वा॥’