Sardulakarnaavadana (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Śārdula-karṇa-avadāna》(英語表記)Sardulakarnaavadana
Sardulakarnaavadana (English spelling)

...The elements of astronomy unique to India include 27 or 28 star signs (nakṣatra). The Śārdula‐karṇa‐avadāna (translated into Chinese as the Mahādhāka-sūtra), a Buddhist text from around the 1st century AD, is a good example of astrology from this period, in which the relationship between the sun, moon, and star signs is the basis of divination. In the Garga‐saṃhitā of the same period, omens are expanded to cover all aspects of natural phenomena.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Śārdula-karṇa-avadāna" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…インド固有の天文占の要素としては27または28の星宿(ナクシャトラnakṣatra)があげられる。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。…

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