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Some Venus omens in India (8)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore



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 6.35:
If a nakṣatra is split by Venus when it sets, if the great star goes to the nakṣatra in clockwise circumambulation, then it is auspicious or proper for …

Enūma Anu Enlil, VAT 10218, 57:
If one star stands at the right of Venus, one star at its left, rise of hardship: variant, evil: variant good will arise for the land.

Enūma Anu Enlil, K 229+.19:
If Venus in month (II?) is surrounded by stars and the star (= Venus) circles over the stars, the king will conquer a land not his, his son will seize the throne.


Sources (list of abbreviations)
Enūma Anu Enlil, VAT 10218, 57
Enūma Anu Enlil, K 229+.19
Gargasamhitā 6.35

Bibliography

Pingree 1987, 299, 308Pingree, 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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