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that the mean places of the planets at the end of ?i 

 years, in tlie Hindu sphere, will be as follow : — 



Suiv:, 1 00 00 00,000 x ?? o ' - 



Moo^^ 13 4 12 46 40,6"]3X;2 + ()0 05 56 



Venus, i 7 15 H 2:>,6"35 x /? + 22 43 3^ 



Mars, 6 1 1 24 19,150 x a-- 12 05 42 



Jupiter, 1 00 20 50,483 x/z+ 17 02 53 



Saturn, 12 13 09,343 x/z-20 59 03 



Therefore, if we divide these by n, we shall 

 have the mean annual motions requisite to give 

 the same positions at the end oi n years, as 

 follow : — 



H'mdu spliere. 



Su>^, 1 00 00 00 



Moon, 13 4 12 46 40,613 + ^ 

 Venus, 1 7 15 11 23,635 + 

 Mars, 6 1 1 24 19,150 - 



Jupiter, 1 00 20 50,483 + '^ • J ' • 

 Saturn, 12 13 09,343 - '^;/^ - 



117 8 10 



•1 ,"! .S 4 ? 



Hence, it is apparent, that all Hindu books or 

 tables, which assume a mean conjunction of the 

 planets at the beginning of the Cali Vug, must ne- 

 cessarily give the motions of the Moon, Venus, and 

 Jupiter, greater, and those of ]\Iars and Saturn less, 

 than the Europeans make them. 



Let us now put this to the test with respect to 

 the motions in the Surua SiddhAnta. I have al- 



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