Jyotisha
Jyotisha
Jyotisha is a name used for more than one person and idea in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Things and ideas
- Jyotisha: Jyotisha, the Vedāṅga of astronomy and astrology, is called the eye of the Veda. It finds auspicious times, reckons time and follows the planets. Nārada Purāṇa, Pūrvārdha, Chapter 54; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 1, 120–122, 124, 127, 129, 219, 231, 233, 383; Vishṇu Dharmottara Purāṇa, Uttarārdha (Dvitīya Khaṇḍa), Chapters 166–174; Vishṇu Dharmottara Purāṇa, Part 5
- Daivajña: A daivajña is one who knows what is fated, whom a wife asks about her absent husband in the Bhavishya Purāṇa. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 14; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 8; Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 31; Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapters 82, 85