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Jogy before cited, arc mentioned by Brahmegupta alfo as rftandard 

 authorities, and enumerated by him in the fame order: and his names, 

 which are precifely the fame with thofe in Va*Xh amihira'-s enu- 

 meration^, are explained by Bbat'totp^la, as intending the Puliza* 



fidd'hdnU, Rdmac^-fidd'hdnta, Va&jh^ha-fidShdnta, Surya-ftdd'hdrda^ and 

 fira/bmejidd'hanta. 



All thcfe books are frequently cited in agronomical compilations: 

 and are occafionally referred to their real or fuppoied authors. The 

 fir ft is every where ahjgned to Pulis'a, whofc name it bears. The Rf- 



maca-fidd'hdnta is afcribed by the fcholiafl of Brahmegupta, and by 

 a commentator of the Surya-fidd'hdnta, to S'jptiSljM or S'ris'heVa (for 

 the name is varioufly written.) The Wdfijkt 'ha -fidd'hdnta is by the fame 

 authority giv.en tQ Vishn 'uchandra.. Both the fe authors are repeat- 

 edly' mentioned with cenfure by Srahm.egupta 5 and it u acknow" 

 sledged, that they are entitled to no particular deference.. 



The Br ahme- fidd'hdnta, which is the bafis of Brahmegupta's work fl 

 is not any where attributed to a known author; but referred in all 

 quotations of it, which have fallen under obftrvation, either to the 

 Vijhnu-d'hermdtlara Pur ana, of which it is confidered as forming a 

 part, or to Brahme (alfo called Pit am ah a), who is introduced into it 



This 1 affage, in which lb: Pai^UJba, Rotnaca, Vafjht'ha^ Saura and Paitdmahe aire fpecified, is intra- 

 duflory to a clivifion of the lunar afterifms (for aftrological purpofes, it fhould feem 9 ) in unequal portion^ 

 by allotting to fifteen of them a quantity equivalent to the mean diurnal motion of the moon in minutes 

 of a degree (790' 3c") ; and half as much more to fix of thofe afterifms (1 185 '5?') and fo much lr fs 

 to the like number of nacjbatras (39c' 17') and affigning the complement of the circle ( 254.' li") to 

 ,&he fupplementary nacjbatra called Abhiji\ 



( fc^T The numbers here fet down are copied from the fcholiafl Bhat'Vo'tpala, and from Bh.<s, 

 caia's commentators; being Rated by them at the neareft fecond : for the moon'* mean daily motion 

 according to Bkahmkcupta aad Bha'jcaka is a little left lhan 790' J %" 



