Length of the fidereal yeaHi- there- ■ 



* i ji 



fore 'according' id Art a jJ'kat't'a, ■'' 365 15 : 31 a£ or 365" -6 12 : S o 



N. B. A'jyab'hatt a taught the earthVdiurnal revolution' rotin-d its axisj a 



doBriee which Brahmscupta controverts ; "but to which his fcholiaft Fr'ij'hv - 



daca SwA'Mi"inclines, 



According to the Paulisa-ftdd'hanta cited by BhatVotpa'lA' on Varah'*Mi~hx- 



ra's Sanbitd, and by P* iVflu / DACA-SwA / Mf:on Brah'micmpta's 5iW«»/tf, 

 Cttta-yuga, . .4800. divine years =: 1,728,000 



*>#«, 3,600 3 '""" 1,296,000 



Dwdparar, 2,400 .*= 864,000 



3,888,000 

 Mapd-yag% t -.■=» 4,320,00© 



^^f 3 This author's computation of the Ctf/jte has not been found in 

 any quotation. Bat he is cited as reckoning its commencement from 

 midnight. 



Years expired from the commencement 'of the prefenj Mabu-yuga to 

 she firft conjunction of the planets, in the £?ita-yuga 3 648,000 



Interval between that and the.Saft conjunction, at the beginning of the 

 Cali-yuga, - - 35,240,00© 



Years expired to the commencement of the Cali-yuga, 3^888,000 



Mean foiar (Saura ) days, termed by other aftronomers Sdvma 



days; in one Maha-yuga t - ^577*9* 7»8oo 



§£$- Length of the year, according to 



the Paulisafidd'bdnta, 365 15 3a 30 or 365 6 3 12 36 



N. B. The difference of 300 days in the computations of Aryab'hatta and 



Pulis a, gives one day in 14,40© yeasr$ s as is remarked by Brahmigupta. 

 Length of the year according to 



d E " *" "ft d ^ 1 l:i HI HIT 



the Surya-ftdd'hdnta 365 15 31 31 24=365 6 fl£ 36 33 36 



according ioBhabme- 



a g 1 11 'in , a h ■> 1 , »i 



GUPTA » 365 15 30 22 30 = 365 6 12 9 



P 3 



