Dear Martin, Agathe and Bill, Thanks a lot for your quick and helpful responses! The Bṛhatsaṃhitā reference is precisely the kind of source I was looking for.
Best wishes, Arlo ________________________________ From: Bill Mak <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2022 4:14 PM To: Arlo Griffiths <[email protected]> Cc: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] five designations of tithis Dear Arlo, The cycle of five tithis is given in Bṛhatsaṃhitā 98.1-2 (3rd tithi vijayā instead of jayā). This system is likely based on an older system of 15 tithis attested in the Gārgīyajyotiṣa as discussed in my paper. Mak, Bill. 2018. ‘Tithikarmaguṇa in Gārgīyajyotiṣa – Tithi Worship According to a Number of Early Sources’. Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies 66 (3): 958–91. Best regards, Bill -- Bill M. Mak, PhD Fellow Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole 饒宗頤學術館 Tang Chi Ngong Building The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong Tel: +852-39174384 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Research Associate Needham Research Institute 8 Sylvester Road Cambridge, CB3 9AF United Kingdom Senior Member Robinson College Cambridge University Grange Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AN United Kingdom Tel:+44-1223768229 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> copies of my publications may be found at: http://www.billmak.com<http://www.billmak.com/> https://needham.academia.edu/BillMak On 6 Mar 2022, at 00:02, Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear colleagues, In Louis-Charles Damais' study “Études d’épigraphie indonésienne, IV: Discussion de la date des inscriptions” (Bulletin de l’École française d’Extrême-Orient 47 (1) [https://doi.org/10.3406/befeo.1955.5406], p. 70 n. 1) one reads about "cinq qualifications des tithi". According to the author, there are five such designations for tithis, i.e. - Nandā (tithi # 1, 6 and 11 waxing or waning) - Вhadrā (tithi # 2, 7 and 12 waxing or waning) - Jayā (tithi # 3, 8 and 13 waxing or waning) - Riktā (tithi # 4, 9 et 14 waxing or waning) - Pūrṇā (tithi # 5, 10 and 15 waxing or waning) He cites (11th-c.) Javanese epigraphical occurrences of three of these designations, but does not cite his source for the whole system. Does it have its origin in Indian jyotiḥśāstra? I'd be grateful for references. Best wishes, Arlo Griffiths _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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