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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
अत्रोच्यते । यवनाचार्यस्याष्टादशसंहिताकर्तृषु परिगणितत्वात्तद्वचः प्रमाणमेव ॥
To this we answer. Yavanacharya is counted among the eighteen makers of samhitas (world events astrology). So his words are valid.
Simple meaning: Answer: Yavanacharya is one of the eighteen founders, so his words count.
उक्तं च कश्यपेन ॥
The eighteen founders of astrology, part 1: Surya, Pitamaha, Vyasa, Vasishtha, Atri, Parashara, Kashyapa, Narada, Garga, Marichi, Manu, Angiras.
लोमशः पौलिशश्चैव च्यवनो यवनो गुरुः ॥
The eighteen founders, part 2: Lomasha, Paulisha, Chyavana, Yavana, Guru, Shaunaka.
तथा च यवनाचार्यप्रणीतं संस्कृतोपनिबद्धं जातकशास्त्रं यवनजातकाख्यं दृश्यते ॥ तथैव ब्रह्मणस्सकाशात्पारम्पर्यवशेन ताजिककर्तृत्वमप्यस्य स्मर्य्यते।
Yavanacharya: he wrote the Yavana Jataka in Sanskrit, and the Tajika came down from Brahma through him.