History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.431

v6.c82.431

878a Garga and Vṛddha-Garga appear to be different authors and flourished several centuries before Varāhamihira. Vide my paper 'Varāhamihira and Utpala' in JBBRAS, N. S vol 24-25 pp. 6-8 Whether Gārgi is another writer than the above two or the same as Garga is discussed in the same paper at p. 9 Vide Kern's Preface to Br S pp 33-40, where he assigns Garga to 50 B C. It may be noted that though Garga is not expressly named in Br. J, he is named 15 times in Br S. and Utpala on Br S 16 41 cites a verse of Garga which clearly shows his acquaintance with the Rāśi system, 'स यदा सौम्यराशिस्थो मित्रेभे समुदेति वा। स्थित शुभग्रहैर्दृष्टः स पुष्णाति परिग्रहान्॥' Kern states that the incomplete ms of गार्गीसंहिता which he had secured had almost the same titles for its chapters as Br. S. has