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Some Venus omens in India (8)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Constellations 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories 05.01.03 Constellations Star Omens 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.02 Omen interpretation 05.02.01 Celestial omens (Enūma Anu Enlil) 05.02.01.04 Star Omens	Keywords astrology India Mesopotamia omens Venus
Period 1st century CE Neo-Assyrian Empire	Channel Indian culture Neo-Assyrian texts

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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, 308

Pingree, 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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