Comments on: Rahu and Ketu in mythological and “astronomological” contexts http://rajeshkochhar.com/2010/08/rahu-and-ketu-in-mythological-and-%e2%80%9castronomological%e2%80%9d-contexts/ CV, career profile, printed articles,lecture texts, blogs, etc. Sat, 19 May 2012 11:58:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: admin http://rajeshkochhar.com/2010/08/rahu-and-ketu-in-mythological-and-%e2%80%9castronomological%e2%80%9d-contexts/#comment-83 admin Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:42:11 +0000 http://rajeshkochhar.com/?p=126#comment-83 You are no doubt right that caturyuga is mentioned in the Mahabharata. This however does not mean that the Mahabharata was open till Aryabhata's time, because Aryabhata is NOT the originator of the yuga scheme. The scheme is described in the Manusmrti. It is an interesting example of how astronomers borrowed concepts from scriptures for their own use. You are no doubt right that caturyuga is mentioned in the Mahabharata. This however does not mean that the Mahabharata was open till Aryabhata’s time, because Aryabhata is NOT the originator of the yuga scheme. The scheme is described in the Manusmrti. It is an interesting example of how astronomers borrowed concepts from scriptures for their own use.

]]> By: Jijith NR http://rajeshkochhar.com/2010/08/rahu-and-ketu-in-mythological-and-%e2%80%9castronomological%e2%80%9d-contexts/#comment-80 Jijith NR Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:19:02 +0000 http://rajeshkochhar.com/?p=126#comment-80 Sir I am a former scientist of ISRO (2001-2006) and now a researcher on Mahabharata (doing on personal interest). I liked your article on Rahu and Ketu and agree with most of your findings. What interested me most is your statement that Mahabharata text was closed by 100 BCE. I had done some work on the same question and concluded that Mahabharata was open till 500 CE and contains Aryabhata's 4.32 million year long Chaturyuga definition (476 AD to 550 AD) . http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com/article:kali-yuga2. This is found in Santi Parva (http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com/src-mbh-12:section-230). Please have a look and let me know what you think. The closing date of Mahabharata is very important for my research work. Sir

I am a former scientist of ISRO (2001-2006) and now a researcher on Mahabharata (doing on personal interest). I liked your article on Rahu and Ketu and agree with most of your findings. What interested me most is your statement that Mahabharata text was closed by 100 BCE. I had done some work on the same question and concluded that Mahabharata was open till 500 CE and contains Aryabhata’s 4.32 million year long Chaturyuga definition (476 AD to 550 AD) . http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com/article:kali-yuga2.
This is found in Santi Parva (http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com/src-mbh-12:section-230).

Please have a look and let me know what you think. The closing date of Mahabharata is very important for my research work.

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