A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c36.66

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29 Bharaṇī is the second nakṣatra, consisting of 35, 39 and 41 Arietis. Also mentioned at Su. Sū.29.18, A.h.Śā.6.12, A.h.Śā.12.4. Cf. A.h.U.36.31 (Aruṇa: Yāmya = Bharaṇī). 30 The third nakṣatra, i.e., the Pleiades. Also mentioned at Su.Sū.29.18, U.27.20; A.h.Śā.6.12; A.h.Śā.12.4. Cf. A.h.U.36.31 (Aruṇa: Āgneya = Kṛttikā). 31 The fourth nakṣatra, i.e., α Tauri (Aldebaran). Cf. Ca.Ci.8.4; A.s.Ni.1.5. Mentioned as Prājāpatya at A.s.Sū.8.59 and U.5.4 (see Indu). 32 I.e., Mṛgaśiras, the fifth nakṣatra, consisting of λ, φ¹ and φ² Orionis. Mentioned at A.s.Sū.8.59. Called Aindava at A.s.U.5.4 (see Indu). See on the constellation called Mṛga: A.A. Macdonell and A.B. Keith (1967). 33 The sixth nakṣatra, consisting of α Orionis. Mentioned at Su.Sū.29.18; A.h.Śā.6.12; A.s.Śā.12.4. 34 The seventh nakṣatra, consisting of α and β Geminorum. Usually called Punarvasū. Mentioned at A.s.Sū.8.59. 35 The eighth nakṣatra, consisting of γ, δ and θ Cancri. Often mentioned in āyurvedic texts: Ca.Śā.8.19; A.h.Śā.1.38, U.35.27, U.39.54; A.s.Sū.8.59, Śā.1.32, 33, 34. Cf. A.h.U.34.45cd–50ab (puṣyānugacūrṇa). 36 The ninth nakṣatra, usually called Āśleṣā, consisting of δ, ε, η, ρ and ç Hydrae. Mentioned at Su.Sū.29.18; A.h.Śā.6.12, U.36.31; A.s.Śā.12.4. 37 Maghā is the tenth nakṣatra, consisting of α, γ, ε, ζ, η and μ Leonis. Mentioned at Su.Sū.29.18; A.h.U.36.31; A.s.Śā.12.4. Called Paitrya at A.h.Śā.6.12 (see Aruṇa). 38 Pūrvaphalgunī, the eleventh nakṣatra, consisting of δ and θ Leonis, and Uttaraphalgunī, the twelfth nakṣatra, consisting of β and 93 Leonis. Pūrvaphalgunī is included in the Pūrvas of A.h.Śā.6.12 and U.36.31 (see Hilgenberg and Kirfel). 39 The thirteenth nakṣatra, consisting of α, β, γ, δ and ε Corvi. Mentioned at A.s.Sū.8.59. 40 The fourteenth nakṣatra, consisting of α Virginis, i.e., Spica. Mentioned at Ca.Ci.26.248; A.h.U.13.25; A.s.Sū.8.59. 41 The fifteenth nakṣatra, i.e., Arcturus. Mentioned at A.s.U.5.4. 42 The sixteenth nakṣatra, i.e., α, β, γ and ι Librae. Mentioned at A.h.U.36.31. 43 The same as Anurādhā (see Indu), the seventeenth nakṣatra, consisting of β, δ and π Scorpionis. 44 The eighteenth nakṣatra, consisting of α, ζ and τ Scorpionis. 45 The nineteenth nakṣatra, consisting of ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, μ and υ Scorpionis. Mentioned at Su.Sū.29.18; A.s.Śā.12.4. Called Nairṛta at A.h.Śā.6.12 and U.36.31 (see Aruṇa). 46 The twentieth nakṣatra, consisting of δ and ε Sagittarii. Included in the Pūrvas of A.h.Śā.6.12 and U.36.31 (see Hilgenberg and Kirfel). 47 I.e., Uttarāṣāḍhā, the twenty-first nakṣatra. 48 The twenty-third nakṣatra, consisting of α, β, γ and δ Delphinis. The twenty-second nakṣatra, Śravaṇā, consisting of α, β and γ Aquilae, is absent for unknown reasons, as noticed by Indu; it is mentioned at A.s.Sū.8.59 and U.5.4 (Śravaṇa). 49 The twenty-fourth nakṣatra, also called Śatabhiṣaj, consisting of γ Aquarii, etc. Śatabhiṣaj is mentioned at A.s.Sū.8.59. 50 The twenty-fifth nakṣatra is Pūrvabhādrapadā, consisting of α and β Pegasi; Uttarabhādrapadā, the twenty-sixth nakṣatra, consists of γ Pegasi and α Andromedae. Pūrvabhādrapadā is not mentioned explicitly, but it may be that the Saṃgraha says that death will occur on the seventh day during (Pūrva)bhādrapadā, on the twelfth during Uttara(bhādrapadā). 51 The twenty-seventh nakṣatra, consisting of ζ Piscium, etc. Mentioned at A.s.Sū.8.59; U.5.4.