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120 SAMAGRA TILAK- 2 • VEDANGA CHRONOLOGY

Tycho a Danish astronomer, for modifications in the rules
his observations formed the 16.
basis of planetary laws 5.
Vedic civilization : vague and
v arbitrary date fixed by Max
Muller 1 ; corrections made in
the calendar become data for
Vachaspati-Mishra : wrote the
'Sankhyatattavakaumudi'- a the antiquity 13.
commentary 74, 76, 80. Vedic literature : discloses a
Varaha Mihir : epitomised the precedent solving the pro-
Pitamaha Siddhanta rules blem about the shifting of the
for omission of a tithi or seasons 8, 9; discloses that
intercalation of a month 16. the Nak"hatra series beg&n
with different Nak~hatras to
Vasubandhu : 420 to 500 A.D.,
correspond with the changed
mentioned in reference to the
positions of the equinoxes
date of lshwar Krishna73,74.
and months corresponding
Vedfmg Jyoti~ha : the oldest
with different seasons were
astronomical Sanskrit work
different in old days 9.
of the Brahmanic times 2,
Vernal equinox : was in the
13, 16; Vedic calendar and
Mrigashiras during the ~ig­
an appendix to the Veda 13;
veda time, this refers to a
published in 1834 by Capt.
Nak~hatra series older than
Jervis 14; practical object 14,
the one beginning with the
15; ingenuity of arithmetic
Krittikas 6.
15; ingenuine scheme of
calendar 15, 16; need for w
modifications in the rules 16;
lays down rules for calculat-
Weber (Prof. Alfred) : 'Y'ote
ing the positions of the sun
'the Vedic Accounts of the
and the moon 34.
Nakshatras ' to refute Biot's
Vedas : 'being bcginningless illrested position 5; advoc~ted
and handed over orally dur- the ancient existence of the
ing generations were never Indian Nak~hatra system 5;
to be used for chronological for the first time he collected
purposes' was a fixed faith Vedic astronomical statements
with the Sanslqit pandits 7. 5; published in 1862 Vedang
Vedic calendar : ingenuine JyotiiJha 14, 33; his authority
scheme of a calendar in diverted Western scholars
Vedang Jyoti$ha 13, 16; need from proper investigation 6;