Garga Samhita - Garga Samhita

Japanese: 《ガルガ・サンヒター》 - がるがさんひたー
Garga Samhita - Garga Samhita

...The astrology of this period is well known in the Śārdula-karṇa-avadāna (translated into Chinese as the Madhāka-sūtra), a Buddhist text from around the 1st century AD, in which the relationship between the sun, moon, and the stars is the basis of divination. In the Garga-saṃhitā from the same period, omens are expanded to all aspects of natural phenomena. The Brihat-saṃhitā, written by Bārāhamihira in the 6th century, is the culmination of this type of natural astrology.

From the Brihat Samhita

...His knowledge of traditional Indian sciences such as astronomy, astrology, medicine, grammar, rhythm, and ritual studies is fully displayed, and it can be said to be an encyclopedia that brings together ancient Indian culture. Many themes are shared with the oldest document of this kind, the Garga-saṃhitā (around the 1st century?), and some of them are thought to be related to the omen-divination that was popular in the Mesopotamian region. Astrology [Michio Yano]...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Garga Samhita" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この時期の占星術をよく伝えているのが,後1世紀ころの仏教文献に属する《シャールドゥーラカルナ・アバダーナŚārdula‐karṇa‐avadāna》(漢訳《摩登伽経》)であり,太陽・月と星宿との関係が占いの基本になっている。同じ時期の《ガルガ・サンヒターGarga‐saṃhitā》では前兆は自然現象のあらゆる側面に拡大されている。このような自然占星術を集大成したのが6世紀にバラーハミヒラが著した《ブリハット・サンヒター》である。…

【ブリハット・サンヒター】より

…そこで天文学,占星術,医学,文法学,韻律学,祭式学などインドの伝統的な学問に対する彼の知識が遺憾なく発揮され,まさにインド古代文化を集成した百科全書ともいうべき側面をもっている。この種の文献として最も古い《ガルガ・サンヒターGarga‐saṃhitā》(1世紀ころ?)と多くのテーマが共通しており,そのいくつかはメソポタミア地方で盛んであった前兆占いとの関連が推測されている。占星術【矢野 道雄】。…

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