Sahl and the Tājika Yogas: Indian transformations of Arabic astrology

Gansten, Martin; Wikander, Ola

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“…13 On the sahm al-ḫuṣūmāt wa-l-muḫāṣimīn, see Gansten 2018: 99 (he translates it as the "lot of disputes and opponents"), and mentions that it appears in Abū Maʿšar's Kitāb al-Mudḫal VIII 6, 49, and that its descendant in Tājika is, somewhat counterintuitively, the "lot of forbearance or forgiveness" (with reference to Nīlakaṇṭha's Saṃjñātantra 3.13). 14 As demonstrated by Gansten and Wikander (2011) (and partially presaged by Weber (1853: 266-267)). For an introduction to Sahl and his works, see, e.g., Sezgin 1979: 125-128.…”

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Borrowings Kṣuta-/kṣut- (“Inimical”) and Vidumāla- (“Retrograde”) in Sanskrit Astrological Texts, and the Representation of Semiticʿayn in Similar Loans

Wikander¹

2022

Hist. Sci. South Asia

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This short article deals with the etymologies of two Perso-Arabic loans that function as technical terms in Tājika (Indian astrology imported from the Perso-Arabic cultural area), both appearing in the works of the 13th century CE astrological author Samarasiṃha. The terms are kṣuta-/kṣut- (“Inimical”) and vidumāla- (“Retrograde”) - the meanings of both have been clear for some time, but the article elucidates their exact etymologies, and uses them to argue a rather complex mode of scientific/scholarly transmission, possibly involving as many as four languages: Arabic, Persian, Old Gujarati (or other northern Indo-Aryan vernaculars of the time), and finally Sanskrit. Finally, the article discusses the renderings of the voiced pharyngeal fricative in loans of this type in the light of early Modern Persian orthography and phonology.

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Borrowings Kṣuta-/kṣut- (“Inimical”) and Vidumāla- (“Retrograde”) in Sanskrit Astrological Texts, and the Representation of Semiticʿayn in Similar Loans

Wikander¹

2022

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“…1 See Pingree 1997;Sarma 2000;Gansten and Wikander 2011;Plofker 2011;Gansten 2012, 2014. 2 Pingree 1970-1994.…”

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Notes on Some Sanskrit Astrological Authors

Gansten

2017

Hist. Sci. South Asia

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Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika Astrology

Gansten

2019

J. South Asian Intellect. Hist

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One of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (Tājika) astrology, the thirteenth-century Karmaprakāśa of Samarasiṃha (also known as the Manuṣyajātaka, Tājikatantrasāra or Gaṇakabhūṣaṇa), is examined with particular attention to subgenre, distinctive content and likely Arabic-language sources. On the basis of a comparison of the extant text of the Karmaprakāśa with excerpts attributed to Samarasiṃha by later Tājika writers, conclusions are drawn with regard to other works, now lost or misattributed, by the same author.

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Sahl and the Tājika Yogas: Indian transformations of Arabic astrology

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Borrowings Kṣuta-/kṣut- (“Inimical”) and Vidumāla- (“Retrograde”) in Sanskrit Astrological Texts, and the Representation of Semiticʿayn in Similar Loans

Borrowings Kṣuta-/kṣut- (“Inimical”) and Vidumāla- (“Retrograde”) in Sanskrit Astrological Texts, and the Representation of Semiticʿayn in Similar Loans

Notes on Some Sanskrit Astrological Authors

Samarasiṃha and the Early Transmission of Tājika Astrology

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