Garga Hora
| Author | ṚṣiGarga |
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| Language | Sanskrit |
| Subject | Astrology |
| Publication place | India |
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| Hindu scriptures and texts |
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Garga Horā[1]is a very ancient treatise on the predictive part ofHindu astrology.Its author,ṚṣiGarga,is one of the sages of thePurāṇikatimes. He was the son ofṚṣiBharadvāja.There are 8 Siddhāntas ofHindu astrology,they are – Brahmā, Sūrya, Soma, Vasiṣṭhta, Pulastya, Romaka, Arya, and Garga Siddhāntas – the last named is named after the author of Garga Horā, and Garga Saṁhitā,[2]and with whomJyotiṣais associated.[3]Garga Horā is written in theSanskritSutra– format and from this workVarāhamihirahas drawn profusely.[4]Incidentally, both, Garga and Varāhamihira, have in their respective works referred to the proficiencies of the Greeks in the field of Astronomy.[5]
Parāśarais considered to be most ancient of Hindu astronomers, and second in order of time is Garga, whom Gauranga Nath Bannerjee, while agreeing with Dr.Kern, places in the 1st Century B.C.[6]Bala Bhadra, the author ofHorā Ratnaṁ,and whose method is considered to be more authoritative in South India was greatly influenced byGarga.[7]
References
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- ^Gauranga Nath Banerjee.Hellenism in Ancient India.Mittal Publications. p. 159,161.
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