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M to differ, which rule must be received as right ? 

 " I answer, that -which agrees with his place 

 i' by observation : and the Munis gave the same di- 

 " rection. If computations from the beginning ot 

 **< the Calpa, and from the period stated in the Sutya 

 " Suldhanta give a difference, as appears in the in- 

 " stance of Mangala, which of the two periods to be 

 *' computed from is founded in truth ? I say it is 

 " of no consequence to us which, since our ob- 

 " ject is only to know which period answers for com- 

 " putation of the planetary places in our time, not 

 " at the beginning of the Calpa. The difference 

 * c found in computing according to Brahmagupta and 

 " the Munis, must be corrected by an allowance of 

 " bija, or by taking that difference as^the cshepa ; 

 " but the books of the Munis must not be altered*, 

 " and the rules given by Brahmagupta, ^aracharya^ 

 €€ and Aryabhatta may be used with such precautions. 

 " Any person may compose a set of rules for the corn- 

 " mon purposes of astronomy; but, with regard to 

 «' the duties necessary in eclipses, the computation 

 '« must be made by the books oj^the Munis, and the 

 " bija applied ; and in this majlner it was that Vara- 

 " ha, Aryabhatta, Brahmagupta, and Cesava Samvat- 

 " sara, having observed the planets and made due al- 

 " lovvance of bija, composed their books. 



" Ganesa mentions, that the Grahas ,were right in 

 " their computed places in the time of Brahma, 

 <c Acharya, VashWha, Casyapa, and others, by the 

 <c rules they gave, but in length of time they differed ; 

 gc after which, at the close of the Satya age, Surya re- 

 .'* vealed to Meya a computation of their true places. 

 iC The^ules then received answered during the Treta 

 " and uwapar ages, as also did other rules formed 

 " by the Munis during those periods. In the begin- 

 " ning of the Call Yuf, Parasems book answered ; 

 1 " but Aryabhatta, many years after, having examined 



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