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	Vedic Astronomy
		Vedanga Jyotishya is a 3400-year-old explicit Vedic astronomical observation/estimation handbook for practicing Vedic priests.
		Vedanga Jyotishya provides a five year time-linear mathematical model sun-moon movement in time covering nakshatra, Thiti, Parva, masa, Ritu, Ayana (equinoxes, solstices), year ending with a five year unit called Yuga, which is eternally cyclic.
		Vedanga Jyotishya provides algorithms to calculate the current circumstance like nakshatra, Thiti etc based on keeping track number of days past from beginning of Yuga, which would be visually observed
	www.vedicastronomy.net /vedanga.htm (383 words)

	Vedanga Dasa to Undergo Surgery
		Vedanga Prabhu joined the mission of Srila Prabhupada in 1973, and became his initiated disciple the year after.
		Even though Vedanga Prabhu's health has been deteriorating somewhat over the last few years, the sudden news that he has to undergo such a serious operation immediately has come as a great shock to all of us here.
		Any correspondence to or regarding Vedanga Prabhu sent to me at premavatar@yahoo.com will be forwarded to him as soon as possible.
	www.chakra.org /announcements/persOct15_03.html (266 words)

	VEDANGA JYOTISHA provided by Bravenet.com
		Presently I am the course coordinator for the SJC Education and Research Centre.
		This can be compared with the distant education system of the present day.
		This site will enable the students of astrology who wants to study astrology at there home and can have UGC approved degrees in Vedanga Jyotisha.
	vedanga-jyotisha.com (205 words)

	Indian Astronomy Through Ages
		They used a Vedanga calendar: The years were counted from the king's coronation; no continuous era starting from a fixed point was used.
		The Vedanga calendar continued to be used by the successors of the Mauryas, the Sungas and the Kanvas (186 BC-AD 45) and the Satavahanas (c.
		The rather simple Sun and Moon-oriented astronomy of the Vedanga eventually made way for the mathematically rigorous planetary astronomy of the Siddhanta (Siddhanta, literally meaning 'proven in the end'), was the name given to the astronomical texts of the period.
	www.infinityfoundation.com /mandala/t_es/t_es_shah_m_astronomy.htm (4676 words)

	Feature News [The Kathmandu Post (Nepal)]
		They are called the Vedangas (Organs of the Veda), which include Shiksha (Phonetics), Kalpa (scripture of ceremonials and rituals), Vyakarana (Grammar), Nirukta (Etymology), Chhanda (Prosody) and Jyotisha (Astronomy).
		Vedanga Jyotisha is quite scientific because it is based on actual position of the moon and not on man-made fallacious formula.
		Thus it becomes clear that the Vedic calendar according to Vedanga Jyotisha should be followed for all Vedic ritual purposes.
	www.nepalnews.com /contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2003/apr/apr13/features.htm (3632 words)

	Hinduism's Online Lexicon - V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Veda-limb." Six branches of post-Vedic studies revered as auxiliary to the Vedas.
		The two other Vedangas are 5) Jyotisha Vedanga (astronomy-astrology) and 6) Kalpa Vedanga (procedural canon) which includes the Shrauta and Shulba Shastras (ritual codes), Dharma Shastras (social law) and Grihya Shastras (domestic codes).
		Vyakarana is among four linguistic skills taught for mastery of the Vedas and the rites of yajna.
	www.himalayanacademy.com /resources/books/dws/lexicon/v.html (4358 words)

	History on Podium: Varahamihira, a Great Iranic astronomer
		Iranic Solar or Surya astronomy (Surya-siddhanta) contrasted with, and its supercession of, Dravidian Vedic astronomy (Vedanga Jyotisha).
		Perhaps the most famous Maga in the East, Varahamihira was the father of modern Indian astronomy, for his system superceded the preceding Vedanga Jyotisha.
		Hence, what is often termed as "Vedic astronomy" or "Vedic astrology" is a misnomer; the ancient Vedic astronomy of the Vedanga Jyotisha is Harappan and hence should correctly be termed "Afro-Dravidian astronomy", whilst later "Vedic astronomy" should be termed "Iranic astronomy".
	www.iranchamber.com /podium/history/030812_varahamihira_iranic_astronomer.php (2840 words)

	The Rg-Veda in Afghanistan? A review of Rajesh Kochhar: The Vedic People
		As a manual for priests concerning the astro-chronological aspects of their rituals, the Vedanga Jyotisha obviously does not describe past constellations, but the sky actually visible to contemporaneous readers, in precise and technical language.
		The Vedanga Jyotisha is in standard classical Sanskrit and in shloka form, which philologists have relegated to the post-Samhita period, a number of centuries after the Rg-Veda, which in turn they have dated to 1500 BC at the very earliest.
		Now, the formula given in verse 22 (unlike verse 7) implies symmetry between winter and summer, ergo between night and day, so the meaning of "daytime" is clearly determined as the period from sunrise to sunset, not the longer period from first to last daylight.
	koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com /reviews/kochhar.html (5078 words)

	Jyotisha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jyotisha (jyotiṣa, in Hindi and English usage Jyotish) is the Hindu system of astrology, one of the six disciplines of Vedanga.
		The Sanskrit word derives from jyótis which means "light, brightness", but in the plural also "the heavenly bodies, planets and stars".
		Jyotish is often discussed as the instructional element of the Rig Veda, and as such is a Vedanga, or "body part" of the Vedas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jyotish (2645 words)

	sciforums.com - Vedas:An Overview.
		The Vedangas and Upavedas are collections of texts that augment and apply the Vedas as a comprehensive system of sacred living.
		The Upanisads are known as sruti-prasthana, the scriptures following the principles of six limbs vedic knowledge (Vedangas) as well as Mahabharata, Bhagavad-gita, and Puranas a re known as smrti- prasthana and Vedanta-sutras which present the vedic knowledge on the basis of logic and arguments is known as nyaya-prasthana.
		The Vedas and their corollaries the six Vedangas deal with the inferior system of m aterial knowledge, viz, to improve religion (dharma), economic development (artha), sense gratification (kama), and liberation (moksa).
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=13485 (9280 words)

	>Please Pray for Vedanga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I have just learned that Srila Prabhupad's only disciple in Norway, Sripad Vedanga Prabhu, will undergo a heart bypass operation this Wednesday in a hospital just outside our capital, Oslo.
		Vedanga Prabhu joined the mission of Srila Prabhupad in 1973, and became his initiated disciple the year after.
		He has always inspired others through his faith in Srila Prabhupad and the Gaudiya Acharyas, and he has given both personal and financial support to many devotional projects.
	www.dipika.org /2003/10/21.25/22.pray.for.vedanga/print.html (312 words)

	Florida Vedic College
		Vedic astrology is an integral part of this culture and has been practiced since time immemorial.
		The Vedas have six supplementary texts known as the Vedangas, limbs of the Vedas.
		One of these is the Jyotisha Vedanga, Vedic astronomy and astrology.
	www.floridavediccollege.edu /jyotisha/history.htm (616 words)

	4: Mathematics in the service of religion: I. Vedas and Vedangas
		Written in Vedic Sanskrit the Vedic works, Vedas and Vedangas (and later Sulbasutras) are primarily religious in content, but embody a large amount of astronomical knowledge and hence a significant knowledge of mathematics.
		Further mathematical work is found in the Sulbasutras of the later Vedic period, the earliest of which is thought to have been written around 800 BC and the last around 200 BC.
		Of the six Vedangas those of particular significance are the Vedangas Jyotis and Kalpa (the fifth and sixth Vedangas).
	www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /history/Projects/Pearce/Chapters/Ch4_1.html (987 words)

	Books By David Frawley - Myth Aryan Invasion - Vedic Astronomical Lore (Page1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Vedic calendar was based upon astronomical sightings of the equinoxes and solstices which change periodically owing to the precession of the earth on its axis.
		Such texts as Vedanga Jyotish(*38) speak of a time when the vernal equinox was in the middle of the constellation (Nakshatra) Aslesha (a point about 23 degrees 20 minutes Cancer).
		VEDANGA JYOTISH OF LAGADHA (New Delhi, India: Indian National Science Academy, 1985), pp.
	www.hindubooks.org /david_frawley/myth_aryan_invasion/vedic_astronomical_lore/page1.htm (126 words)

	Vedanga
		The four collections of hymns namely Rig Veda Samhita, Yajur Veda Samhita, Sama Veda Samhita and Atharva Veda Samhita are said to have been revealed to the sages or seers of India five or six thousand years ago.
		Jyotish is a Vedanga or limb of the Vedas and is considered to be "the eye of the Veda" - the science which helps one see the life path.
		It includes Astronomy, mathematics, cosmology, omenology, the setting of auspicious times, divination based on questions, and the interpretation of horoscopes.
	jyotishvidya.com /vedanga.htm (937 words)

	YHVH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The six keys to the vedas are the Vedangas.
		Depending on the effort (Prayatna), place of origin in the body (Sthana), the force used (bala) and the duration of time (Kala), the letters differ from each other in their auditory quality and meaning.
		Vyakarna, known as the grammar of Sanskrit, is the second Vedanga illustrates useful word formations, referred to as Sphota or meaningful sound.
	groups.msn.com /YHVH/whysanskrit.msnw (834 words)

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		The state of the study of ancient Indian astronomy can he traced from a few books and scriptures of ancient time, of them, the Veda is the oldest.
		The 5th Vedanga is on Jyotiska where a narration of stars and planets is available.
		Due to the necessity of the stellar positions in all-Hindu religions and social rituals, mention of astronomy is there in all Hindu treatises and also astronomy has been practised in all ages.
	saturniancosmology.org /files/india/search.txt (2119 words)

	Jyotish teaches us how to use the Vedas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Each vedanga is related to a bodily limb.
		In the Vedas great stress was made on performing sacrifices and other observances at the correct time in order that such sacrifices and observances bear fruit; this is one area of jurisdiction of the vedanga jyotish.
		This of course is the same principle that we presently follow by observing the Vaisnava Calendar.
	www.bhaktivedantacollege.org /bvc_site/school_of_jyotish/why_study_jyotish/jyo_teach_use_vedas.html (458 words)

	History Vedic Indian Astrology Hindu Astrology Branches of Astrology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Vedas have six supplementary appendixes known as the Vedangas, limbs of the Vedas.
		Portions of these have been extracted at various times and put into the Jyotish Vedanga.
		Many Rsis such as Vashistha, Bhrgu, and Garga were masters of astrology and taught it to their disciples in the Guru parampara (disciplic succession).
	www.shyamasundaradasa.com /jyotish/what_is_jyotish/jyotish_history.html (663 words)

	Astro Vaastu-divinecosmicenergy.com
		Vaastu is an Upaveda and Jyotish is Vedanga.
		If we bring the principles of Upaveda into Vedanga then it leads us to Prosperity and peace.
		The Plot can be divided into 16 parts and the construction can be made into 12 parts (Zodiac).
	www.divinecosmicenergy.com /main/astro_vaastu.htm (285 words)

	Persian Paradise - Article Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		" `Vedanga Jyotisha does not mention week days or zodiacal signs but in the Siddhantic astronomical texts zodiacal signs are inbuilt," says Kochhar.
		But the interesting point is that Thibaut, comparing these information with some of those of the Vedanga Jyotisa, feels "that the astronomical book quoted by Varahamihira as Pitamaha Siddhanta must have been either the Jyotisa itself or a work very much like it." 79 (79.
		the author/authors of both its [Vedanga Jyotisha] versions claim that they simply present the views of a certain authority called Lagadha74 [footnote 74.
	www.persianparadise.com /Article/ArticleDetail.asp?ArticleID=39 (2825 words)

	Natalcharts.biz: Jyotish
		Jyotish Astrology takes its subject matter from the very basis of space and time and it does not lack in its scientific approach.
		Vedanga refers to those bodies of knowledge that are the "limbs" to the Vedas.
		Jyotish is an Vedanga and in its approach it follows the Vedic teaching.
	www.natalcharts.biz /vedic_astrology_articles/jyotish_vedic_astrology.html (1037 words)

	Astro Life Research - V. Muralidharan. Most UNIQUE 'Prasanna' / 'Prasannam' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Jyotish or astrology is most important part of Vedanga (Jyotish is one of six Vedangas) and is called the eye or chakshu of Vedas as it has capacity to "see" the past, the present and the future.
		Astrology is considered the most important of the Vedangas.
		Astrology can be more understood as a super science to understand meaning and purpose of human life as enshrined in Vedanga.
	www.freewebs.com /emeraldmurali (375 words)

	SMRITI - URDAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		But in due course of time sue to gradual depreciation in the ability of memorizing, it became problematic to preserve these invaluable learning.
		To solve this problem the learned and knowledgeable persons devised means to preserve it by categorizing Vedas into six divisions which were known as ‘Vedanga’ (Vedas’ organ) and by writing it down in the form of numerous authentic volumes on diverse subjects.
		The origin and development of Smritis blossomed after the Vedas and Vedangas.
	www.urday.com /Smriti.htm (1790 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Whatever be the emotion one wishes to display, be it devotion, love, affection, fear, threat, anger, compassion, benevolence, admiration, surprise and the like, the most appropriate words of Sanskrit can flow like a gushing stream.
		The vedas cannot be studied without the Vedangas, which are six in number.
		Vyakarna, known as the grammar of Sanskrit, is the second Vedanga which describes meaningful word formations.
	acharya.iitm.ac.in /sanskrit/why_sans.html (1444 words)

	Historia Matematica Mailing List Archive: Re: [HM] Indian astro
		"Vedanga" literally means "limbs of the Vedas" and were composed
		Vedangas provide evidence that they were typically composed much
		Vedanga Jyotisa (VJ), has two revisions- one associated
	sunsite.utk.edu /math_archives/.http/hypermail/historia/feb00/0136.html (422 words)

	did you know?
		He was born in the last quarter of the 5th Century AD.
		Jyotisa embraces both astronomy and astrology and is one of the six Vedangas (branches of knowledge accessory to the Vedas).
		It is the most important Vedanga being described as the eye among the angas (limbs) of the Veda.
	www.indianscience.org /dyk/t_dy_Q19.shtml (1844 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		One must know the origin or the way sound originates, how it interacts with other sounds and what is finally heard by the listner.
		The Vedanga Siksha is also based on Panini, the Vyakarana Kartha (exponent of the Vyakarana Shastra) and explains the usage in worldly as well as in Vedic forms.
		The Vedanga also prescribes eight places (parts of the body) from where the sound gets accentuated.
	acharya.iitm.ac.in /sanskrit/lessons/lesson3/siksha.html (387 words)

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