Question

There are____ verses in this Vedānga Jyotish scripture composed by a sage named Lagadh

63


12


36


360

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 36 verses in this Vedānga Jyotish scripture composed by a sage named Lagadh

The correct answer is option C

Explanation:

• Vedānga Jyotiṣa is not one but three different texts :
• Yājuṣa-Jyotiṣa (44 verses, some versions have 49)
• Ārcha-Jyotiṣa (36 verses)
• Atharva-Jyotiṣa (163 verses).
• Verse 2 of Yājuṣa-Jyotiṣa and verse 3 of Ārcha-Jyotiṣa define the subject of these treatises: finding the appropriate time for performing Yajñas ("Yajña-kālārtha-siddhayaye").
• Atharva-Jyotiṣa is the most detailed of these three texts and gives detailed proofs pf phalita (predictive) Jyotiṣa in the Vedic period. Yajñas were performed for obtaining "phala". But only a tip of the iceberg has survived: verse 3 of Ārcha-Jyotiṣa says the motions of heavenly bodies are "completely" described in Ārcha-Jyotiṣa, but only 36 verses are extant now.