Hélas, à Paris il est très nuageux. ☁️ On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 17:33, Jean Michel DELIRE <[[email protected]](mailto:On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 17:33, Jean Michel DELIRE <<a href=)> wrote:
> There are interesting articles by Jean Filliozat about the way the nakshatras > were found, by opposing pairs, with the help of the full Moon, which probably > means that the Sun giving its light to the Moon was known. > Jean Filliozat, "La détermination des positions du Soleil dans l'astronomie > indienne ancienne", Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences, 21, 1968 > Jean Filliozat, « Notes d’astronomie ancienne de l’Iran et de l’Inde », > Journal Asiatique, CCL (1962) > You can also read my article : A propos des constellations dans la > construction de l’autel védique , in Comptes-rendus de l'Académie des > Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 2006 > By the way, do not forget to watch the Lunar eclipse tonight, it will be > visible at sunset in Europe. > > Best, > > Jean Michel > > Le dim. 7 sept. 2025 à 15:32, Дмитрий Комиссаров via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> a écrit : > >> Dear Matthew, >> I meant something slightly different. Specifically, that the horizon at dawn >> has a bright pink color due to the rising sun, and it is this phenomenon >> that is compared to the color of the monastic robe. For the same reason, the >> moon might be slightly pinkish (in the author's view, perhaps). And the moon >> hanging above the horizon at that time is compared to Ananda's shaved head. >> Best regards, >> Dmitrii K. >> >> вс, 7 сент. 2025 г. в 16:26, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]>: >> >>> Dimitri’s post raises a very interesting problem concerning Indian >>> knowledge of moonlight as solar reflection, rather than the product of its >>> proper luminosity. Someone once pointed out to me a passage from the >>> Nirukti - I’ve forgotten the details- that strongly suggests knowledge of >>> the lunar reflection. But was this very widely known and accepted? >>> >>> Matthew >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 15:14, Patrick Olivelle < >>> [[email protected]](mailto:On+Sun,+Sep+7,+2025+at+15:14,+Patrick+Olivelle+%3C%3Ca+href=)> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks, Matthew. That makes sense, and then in bahulapakṣagataḥ the >>>> ‘gataḥ’ would mean “gone into” rather than “in” as it has generally been >>>> translated. And, as Dmitrii points out, it must be the morning of the >>>> first day of the dark half, just after the full moon day. That makes great >>>> senses. Thanks. >>>> >>>> Patrick >>>> >>>>> On Sep 7, 2025, at 7:52 AM, Matthew Kapstein < [email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear Patrick, >>>>> >>>>> Might it not be, more simply, that he seemed like a (formerly) full moon >>>>> that was now waning? There need not be an astronomical contradiction. >>>>> >>>>> best, >>>>> Matthew >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 14:45, Patrick Olivelle via INDOLOGY < >>>>> [[email protected]](mailto:On+Sun,+Sep+7,+2025+at+14:45,+Patrick+Olivelle+via+INDOLOGY+%3C%3Ca+href=) >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear All: >>>>>> >>>>>> Aśvaghoṣa in his Saundarananda (5.53) compares Nanda’s shaven head to >>>>>> the full moon in the “bahulapakṣa”, which I take to be the kṛṣṇapakṣa. >>>>>> But, as far as I understand, there is no full moon in the dark fortnight >>>>>> of the month. Am I missing something in this simile? Is he saying that >>>>>> the full moon, it it appeared in the dark fortnight, would have looked >>>>>> as pathetic as Nanda’s shaven head? Thanks for any input. Here is the >>>>>> verse: >>>>>> >>>>>> nandas tatas tarukaṣāyaviraktavāsāś cintāvaśo navagṛhīta iva dvipendraḥ / >>>>>> pūrṇaḥ śaśī bahulapakṣagataḥ kṣapānte bālātapena pariṣikta ivāvabhāse // >>>>>> >>>>>> With best wishes, >>>>>> >>>>>> Patrick >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>>>> >>>>> This message is from an external sender.[Learn more about why this >>>>> matters.](https://ut.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article&number=KB0011401) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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