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ON THE ANTIQUITY OF 



no conjunction at the beginning or end of either Calpdy 

 or at any other period. — To the lirst class, belono^ 

 the works of Brohma Gupta, the Siddhanta, Serd- 

 moni of Bhasker, &c. which make no conjunc- 

 tion of the phinets at the commencement of the pre- 

 sent Cali ijiig. To the second, belong the Surija 

 Siddhaiila, SSvia Siddhanfa, Vasishta-Siddhanfa^ 

 &c. and such as assume a mean conjunction at the 

 beginning of the Ctf/^\y^^^ only, ns the Jat Kar?iob 

 ofVARAHA, the tables of Trivalore, S>cc. To the 

 third, belong the Brohmi Siddhanta, Vishnu Sidd- 

 liantUy Bhasvoti Drubo Botlionn, Chondrika, &c. 

 These last are nearly on the principles of the Euro- 

 pean astronomy, the mean annual motions not being 

 affected by any assumed epoch, and consequently 

 make no conjunction of the planets either at the be- 

 ginning of the present Cali yug, or at any other , pe- 

 riod. 



21. The revolutions of the planets, &:c. in a Calpa^ 

 or 43120000000 years, according to Brohma Gupta 

 and Bhasker Acharya, are as follows: 



22. In the Snrya Siddhanta, the least cycle of 

 years in which the sun, moon, and planets, are sup- 

 posed to return to a line of mean conjunction in the 

 beginning of Aries, is 1080000 years : or the fourth 



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