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Chapter II. Called the Spashta-gati, •which treats of the rules 
for finding the apparent places of tiie planets. 
Chapter III. Called the Triprasna, treats of the rules for resolv- 
ing questions on time, fiuding the positions of places and directions. 
Chapter IV. Called Parva-sambhava, on the possibility of the 
eclipses of the sun and moon. 
Chapter V. Of lunar eclipses. 
Chapter VI. Of solar eclipses. 
Chapter VII. Rules for finding the lengths of the shadows re- 
flected from the plauets. 
Chapter VIII. On the rising and setting of the planets. 
Chapter IX. On the phases of the moon and the position of the 
moon’s cusps. 
Chapter X. On the conjunction of the planets. 
Chapter XI. On the conjunction of the planets with stars. 
Chapter XII. Rules for finding the time at which the declinations 
of the sun and moon become equal. 
The second part of the Siddhanta-S'iromani, called Golddhydya 
is divided into 13 chapters, with an appendix. Of this part the 
translation is given here. 
[The translation of the Golddhydya, or Treatise on the Sphere, being 
now out of print, the following account of its contents is added for 
the sake of completeness : — 
Chapter I. In praise of the advantages of the study of the sphere. 
Chapter II. Questions on the general view of the sphere. 
Chapter III. Cosmography, (including a refutation of the suppo- 
sition that the earth is level). 
Chapter IV. On the principles of the rules for finding the mean 
places of the planets. 
Chapter V. On the principles on which the rules for finding the 
true places of the planets are grounded. 
Chapter VI. On the construction of an Armillary Sphere. 
Chapter VII. On the principles of the rules for resolving the 
questions on time, space, and directions. 
Chapter VIII. The explanation of the cause of eclipses of the 
sun and moon. 
Chapter IX. On the principles of the rules for finding the time 
of the rising and setting of the heavenly bodies. 
Chapter X. On the cause of the phases of the moon. 
Chapter XI. Op. the use of astronomical instruments, viz., (1) the 
gnomon, (2) the vertical circle, (3) the Phalalca (invented by Blias- 
kara), (4) the Yashti, or staff, (5) the DU-y antra, or genius-instrument, 
(6) the self- revolving instrument, (6) the syphon. 
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