History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.434

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11.5 as holding the view that Ketu was one though assuming various forms, Br. S. 24 2 mentions that Nārada learnt from Bṛhaspati on Meru the results of the conjunctions of the Moon with Rohiṇī on which he composed a work on which Br. S. draws); Parāśara (a Parāśaratantra is named in Br. S. VII. 8 on Budhacāra, Br. S. XI. mentions Parāśara's treatment of *Ketucāra* along with that of Garga and of Asita-Devala, Br S XVII. 3 mentions Parāśara's disquisition on four kinds of *grahayuddha*, Br. S. XXI 2 mentions him on prognostications about rainfall along with the works of Garga, Kāśyapa and Vajra, Br. J. VII. 1 refers to the work of Parāśara on length of life along with those of Maya, Yavana, Manittha from whom Utpala on Br J VII. 9 quotes a verse in which Parāśara is named, Br. J. XII. 2 mentions Parāśara as having spoken of two Yogas called Srak and Sarpa), Pauliśa (vide pp. 515-517 above), almost all quotations in Utpala are on purely astronomical matters, except that on Br J. II. 20 Utpala quotes half an *āryā* of astrological character; Pitāmaha (reputed author of one of the five siddhāntas, from Br. S. I. 4 it appears that Pitāmaha regarded Tuesday as inauspicious); Ratnāvalī (mentioned in Bṛhadyoga-yātrā II 1), Ṛṣiputra (Br. S. 48. 85 names him and then Br. S quotes 15 verses from him, Utpala quotes about 20 Anuṣṭubha verses from him on different verses of Br. S and a long prose passage on Br S 85. 15 and several Anuṣṭubh verses on Yogayātrā 1 15, one peculiarity being that he quotes the views of over a dozen authors such as Garga, Gautama, Devala, Parāśara, Bṛhaspati), Satya (very frequently named in Br J. such as on VII 3, 9-11, 13, XII. 2, XX 10, and in Bṛhadyogayātrā XI 34, about 60 *āryās* being quoted by Utpala on Br J. alone, in Br. J. VII. 11 Varāha refers to him as 'Bhadatta' according to Utpala, which may be really 'Bhadanta)', Sārasvata (named in Br. S. 53. 99 as a writer on 'dakārgala', over 20 Anuṣṭubh verses being quoted by Utpala), Siddhasena (Br. J VII. 7 names him along with Devasvāmin and Viṣṇugupta on the length of life); Uśanas (named by Varāha in Yogayātrā V. 3 for the view that no march should be made on Svāti or Maghā); Vajra (named by Br. S 21.2 along with Garga, Parāśara and Kāśyapa about prognostications of rainfall and on *Ketucāra* in Br. S. XI 1 with Garga, Parāśara and Asita-Devala), Vasiṣṭha mentioned in Br. S. 51 8, in Bṛhad-Yogayātrā II. 3, VIII. 6 where his view is opposed to that of Satya, IX. 2 (about Horā and Drekkāṇa), XI 9 (which mentions that Vasiṣṭha and Manittha held the same view), Viṣṇugupta (mentioned in Br. J. VII. 7 as holding the same view as Devasvāmin and Siddhasena about the length of life to be judged from a horoscope, in Br. J XXI. 3 where Visnugupta is opposed to the views of Yavanas that the Kumbhadvādasāṁśa in the Lagna is inauspicious and Utpala quotes two āryās from him, mentioned in Bṛhad-yogayātrā 22.4, whether identical with Cāṇakya discussed in the paper on 'Varāhamihira and Utpala' p. 19), Yavana (generally mentioned by Varāha in the plural as in Br. J VII. 1, VIII. 9, XI 1, XXI 3, XXVII 19 and 21, Laghujātaka IX. 6 about Veśi, Utpala on VIII. 9 refers to Purāṇayavana-mata and Sārāvalī 21. 11 mentions pūrvayavanendras, vide paper on 'Varāhamihira and Utpala' pp. 19-21 and on 'Yavaneśvara and Utpala 'JBAS, vol for 1957, pp. 1-5)