316 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., X1X, 
“é : . = : : 
amanaa afaq: wHeRI ATfeagraAq | 
ee ee 
saat faafa: saa-aetaa ate cn” 
(Ch. 3, verse 2). 
If we compute from Varaha Mihira’s days when precession 
was zero, up to the present time (say 1922, 14th April, ie. 
1844 Saka, Ist Baisakha) when the actual precession is 
22° 38’ 10” we find that the annual! libration has been 
something like 574 seconds. 
5. Laghu-manasa (By Mufijala) (<854 Saka or <932 
A.D.). 
_ This work was written by Mufijala somewhere about 854 
Saka (Cf:— 
“gafaufaa wih ais cfaarat |’’ ete. 
He says that the libration was zero in Saka 434 or 512 A.D. 
Now, if we compute from his time up to the present day we 
get an average annual libration of 57+ seconds. 
6. Jyotirvidabharanam :— (Kalidasa) ( < 1,000 A.D.). 
The author of this book is Kalidasa who was certainly not 
anterior to 445 Saka or 523 A.D. According to him libration 
was zero in 445 Saka or 523 A.D. He gives an average annua 
libration of 60 seconds (=one kalé) I quote him below :— 
TR WaAThagatfrat wat 
‘ ac 
Teen me! oe dee nie 
7. Adbhuta-Sagara (Ballala-Sena) (1089 Saka or 1167 
This book professes to be a Samhita and is written after 
-the model of Brihat-Samhita. The author whether he be 
Vallala Sena or anyone else, was not himself a great astrono- 
mer. He was more of a Nibandha-kara type of writer than a 
real astronomer, and indeed his work is a veritable register of 
quotations from previous authorities. Nevertheless, it cannot 
be gainsaid that we have got to learn a good deal from this 
author as well. He says that in his time the Dakshinayana 
began when the sun reached the first. portion of Punarvasu and 
that the Uttarayana began when the sun reached the first point 
of Uttarashada. 
