ASTRONOMICAL LABOURS OF JAYAMNIIA. 20$ 



V. VI. VII. Tables of Mars, Venus', and Mf.rcu- 

 ry, agree in number, denomination, and ufe, with 

 thole of Jupiter-. 



For feveral parts of the foregoing information, I am 

 indebted to the grandion of a Pandit, who was a prin- 

 cipal co-adjutor of Jasafinha in his aftronomical la- 

 bours. The Rajah bellowed on him the title of Jyolijh- 

 rdy-y or Aftrpnomer-roydly with &Jageer which produced 

 5000 rupees of annual rent. Both of thefe defcended 

 to his poitcritv ; but from the incuriions and exactions 

 of the Mahraftas the rent of tHt jagedr land was anni- 

 hilated. The young man finding his patrimonial in- 

 heritance reduced to nothing, and that fcience was no 

 longer held in eitimation, undertook a journey to the 

 Decan, in hopes that his talents might there meet with 

 better encouragement ; at the fame time, with a view 

 of viliting a place of religious worfhip on the banks of 

 the Nerhuddah. There he fell in with Rung Raw 

 Appah, dewan of the powerful family of Powar, who 

 was on his march to join Aly-Baiiadur in BundcU 

 cuniL With this chief the Pandit returned, and arrived 

 at Oujeln while I was there. This young man poffefTed 

 a thorough acquaintance with the Hindu altronomical 

 fcience contained in the various Sid>dhantas\ and that 

 not confined to the mechanical practice of rules, but 

 founded on a geometrical knowledge of their demon- 

 itration ; yet he had inherited the fpirit of Jayafmha in 

 fuch a degree, as to fee and acknowledge the fuperiority 

 of European fcience. In his pofTefhon I faw the tranila- 

 tion into Sanfcrit of feveral European works, executed 

 under the orders of J}iycfmha, particularly Euclid's 

 Elements with the trcatifes of plain tixAfpherlcal tri- 

 gonometry, and on the conftrudtion and ufe of loga- 

 rithms, which are annexed to Cuxx's or Co mm a x- 

 dixf/s edition. In this tranflation, the inventor is 

 called Don J lax Napier, an additional prcfumption 

 that Jajafinia's European aftronomers were of the 

 Portvr'' -' ^~^\c~. This indeed,- reouires little con- 



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