editors divided the bible into verses and chapters.
editors divided the bible into verses and chapters.
who divided the bible into verses and chapters?
editors
the bible is a compilation of many shorter books written at different times by a variety of authors, and later assembled into the biblical canon. since the early 13th century, most copies and editions of the bible present all but the shortest of these books with divisions into chapters, generally a page or so in length. since the mid-16th century editors have further subdivided each chapter into verses - each consisting of a few short lines or sentences. sometimes a sentence spans more than one verse, as in the case of , and sometimes there is more than one sentence in a single verse, as in the case of .
chapters and verses of the bible
this book, written in the usual sanskrit verse-format and comprising 1744 verses divided into 26 adhyayas, minutely covers the entire ambit of jyotisa. beginning with a prayer and after making a few preliminary suggestions (22 verses), its first section commences with the results of the birth-samvatsaras (60 verses), of the two ayanas (2 verses), of ritus (6 verses), of birth-months (13 verses), of lunar pakshas (2 verses), of day and night births (2 verses), of janam-tithis (15 verses), of weekdays (7 verses), of nakshatras (53 verses), of navamsas rising at the time of birth (9 verses), of yogas (soli-lunar) (27 verses), of karanas (11 verses), of gandanta (1 verse), of ganas (3 verses), of 12 lagnas (12 verses), observation on all afore-mentioned (12 verses), on short and long rasis (2 verses), and on 12 bhavas along with description of special nature of planets and various yogas (143 verses). in the second section he deals with the nine planets occupying the 12 bhavas (108 verses). in the third section he deals with astrological aspects and their results (325 verses), with the nine planets variously occupying 12 signs (85 verses), with sarvatobhadra chakra etc., (22 verses), with gochara and ashtakavarga ( 29 verses), and with conjunctions of planets (59 verses). this is followed by the raja yoga adhyaya (80 verses), raja yoga bhanga adhyaya (6 verses), panch mahapurusha yoga adhyaya (18 verses), karaka yoga adhyaya (6 verses), nabhasa yoga adhyaya (48 verses), rashmijatakadhyaya (18 verses), planetary avasthas (10 verses) and sthanadiyuktagrahphalam (8 verses). these are followed by yogas taking the sun and the moon as factors (18 verses), sanyasa yogas (11 verses), arishta yogas (51 verses), arishtabhangadhyaya (15 verses), and sarvagraharishtadhyaya (21 verses). this book also deals with rasi dashas (147 verses), mahadashadhyaya (13 verses) and antradashadhyaya (74 verses). thereafter, it covers danas (10 verses), nashjatakadhyaya (14 verses), death (112 verses) and strijataka (32 verses). this book written in chaste sanskrit omits mention of the two lunar nodes, rahu and ketu.
jataka bharanam