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Some Venus omens in India (6)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore



 		Keywords
astrology
India
Mesopotamia
omens
Venus
Period
1st century CE
Neo-Assyrian Empire 		Channel
Indian culture
Neo-Assyrian texts

Text
Gargasamhitā 6.31:
If the Moon appears, then Brahma is radiant, (and) the twice-born (Brāhmaṇas) appear, and Venus rains on the earth.

Enūma Anu Enlil, VAT 10218, 37-38:
If Venus stands in front of the Moon, there will be rain in the land. If Venus stands behind the Moon, the king will have no rival.

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Enūma Anu Enlil, VAT 10218, 37-38
Gargasamhitā 6.31

Bibliography

Pingree 1987, 299, 307Pingree, David. “Venus Omens in India and Babylon.” In: F. Rochberg Halton (ed.). Language, literature, and history. Philological and historical studies presented to Erica Reiner. American Oriental Series 67. New Haven: American Oriental Society 1987, 293-315.

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Amar Annus


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