Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v2.c10.2055

v2.c10.2055

An ṛṣi to whom is ascribed a number of texts on divination, astrology, and astronomy entitled *Gargasaṃhitā*. Of these the oldest is that described here under no. 1, perhaps belonging to the first century A.D.; Garga is already referred to by Mīnarája (*fl. ca.* 300/350). The exact relationship of these texts to each other and to the numerous quotations from one or another of them in Varāhamihira (*fl. ca.* 550), Bheṭṭotpala (*fl.* 966), and others will not be clear until they are published. But at the moment it seems evident that much of the omen literature they present is ultimately derived from the omen-literature of Mesopotamia. On Garga in general see G. F. Thibaut [1885]; J. von Negelein [1928b]; T. J. Kedar [1942]; P. V. Kane [1948/49] 6–9; and M. R. Rao [1954].