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Sahl and the Tājika Yogas: Indian transformations of Arabic astrology

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Summary, in English

This paper offers a positive identification of Sahl ibn Bishr’s Kitāb al-ʾaḥkām ʿalā ʾn-niṣba al-falakiyya as the Arabic source text for what is perhaps the most characteristic feature of the medieval Perso-Indian style of astrology known as tājika: the sixteen yogas or types of planetary configurations. The dependence of two late sixteenth-century tājika works in Sanskrit – Nīlakaṇṭha’s Tājikanīlakaṇṭhī and Gaṇeśa’s Tājikabhūṣaṇa – on Sahl, presumably through one or more intermediary texts, is demonstrated by a comparison of the terminology and examples employed; and the Indian reception of Arabic astrology is discussed, including reinterpretations of technical terms occasioned partly by corrupt transmission.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

531-546

Publication/Series

Annals of Science

Volume

68

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Keywords

  • Sahl
  • Tajika
  • Sanskrit
  • Arabic
  • astrology
  • Nilakantha
  • Tajikabhusana
  • Tajikanilakanthi

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0003-3790