Sahl and the Tājika Yogas: Indian transformations of Arabic astrology

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.

• Författare: Martin Gansten; Ola Wikander
• Avdelning/ar: Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; Bibelvetenskap
• Publiceringsår: 2011
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 531-546
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Annals of Science
• Volym: 68
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00033790.2010.533349
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis
• Ämne: Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
• Nyckelord: Sahl; Tajika; Sanskrit; Arabic; astrology; Nilakantha; Tajikabhusana; Tajikanilakanthi
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0003-3790