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The intercalary months (1)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore


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calendars
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Neo-Assyrian Empire 		Channel
Indian culture

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The intercalary months, which in Babylonia were invented in order that the seasonal festivals fall in months bearing specific names, are first referred to in India in a late hymn of the R̥gveda.

R̥gveda 1.25.8:
He [sc. Varuna], who keeps his vows, knows the months that bestow children, he knows the month which is additional.

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R̥gveda 1.25.8

Bibliography

Pingree 1989, 442Pingree, David. “MUL.APIN and Vedic Astronomy.” In: Hermann Behrens, Darlene Loding and Martha T. Roth (eds.). DUMU-É-DUB-BA-BA. Studies in Honor of Åke W. Sjöberg. Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund 11. Philadelphia: Samuel Noah Kramer Fund 1989, 439-445.
Pingree 1998, 127-128Pingree, David. “Legacies in Astronomy and Celestial Omens.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 125-137.

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Amar Annus


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