आदित्य Āditya

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Utpala's commentary · Utpala 966 CE; Kāśyapa is a pre-Varāhamihira authority surviving only in citation

त्रिष्वश्विन्यादिषु यदा चरति भृगुनन्दनः। नागवीथीति सा ज्ञेया प्रथमान्या निबोधत॥ रोहिण्यादिगजा ज्ञेयाऽदित्याद्यैरावती स्मृता। मघाद्या वृषभा ज्ञेया हस्ताद्या गौः प्रकीर्तिता॥ जारद्गवी विशाखाद्या मूलाद्या मृगवीथिका। अजवीथी विष्णुभाद्याऽजाद्या तु दहना स्मृता॥ इति॥

Transcribed from the Devanagari OCR of the printed edition at shloka_source_url (Achyuta Nand Jha ed., vol. 1) and checked word-for-word against two further independent scans of two different printed editions of the same commentary — Krishna Chandra Dvivedi's (https://archive.org/download/brihatsamhitawithbhattotpalavivrittipartidr.krishnachandradvivedi/Brihat%20Samhita%20%20with%20Bhattotpala%20Vivritti%20Part%20I%20-%20Dr.%20Krishna%20Chandra%20Dvivedi_djvu.txt) and A.V. Tripathi's (https://archive.org/download/JiUm_brihat-samhita-part-1-of-varaha-mihira-by-avadh-bihari-tripathi-saraswati-bhavan-granthamala/Brihat%20Samhita%20Part%201%20of%20Varaha%20Mihira%20by%20Avadh%20Bihari%20Tripathi%20-%20Saraswati%20Bhavan%20Granthamala_djvu.txt). Only glyph-level OCR artifacts that all three scans show to be artifacts (e.g. OCR रद्वव for रद्गव, श्व for श्च) have been normalised; every substantive reading is as scanned, and the two places where the scans genuinely differ are flagged in identification_notes.

'When Bhṛgu's delight (Venus) moves in the three beginning with Aśvinī, that is to be known as the Nāga-vīthī, the first; learn the others. The Gajā is to be known as beginning with Rohiṇī; the Airāvatī is remembered as beginning with Āditya (Punarvasu). The Vṛṣabhā is to be known as beginning with Maghā; the Gauḥ is proclaimed as beginning with Hasta. The Jāradgavī begins with Viśākhā, the Mṛga-vīthikā with Mūla. The Aja-vīthī begins with Viṣṇubha (Śravaṇa), and the Dahanā, beginning with Ajā (Pūrva-Bhādrapadā), is so remembered.' — Literal rendering by the compiler

'That of Aditi' = PUNARVASU, whose regent is Aditi. From Kāśyapa's vīthī verses quoted by Utpala on BS 9.1: 'rohiṇyādi gajā jñeyā ādityādyairāvatī smṛtā' — the Gajā begins with Rohiṇī, the Airāvatī with Āditya. In Kāśyapa's scheme (triads from Aśvinī) the seventh asterism is Punarvasu, so Āditya = Punarvasu. Utpala's gloss on Varāhamihira's own parallel at BS 9.2 makes the same triad explicit: 'punarvasu-tiṣyāśleṣā airāvatī'. The usage is corroborated outside Utpala: Burgess renders Sūrya-siddhānta 8.19's 'āditya' as Punarvasu. Modern star follows the database's 'punarvasu' entry.

Utpala, Vivṛti on Bṛhat Saṃhitā 9.1, quoting Kāśyapa · text · translation