The Obscure Text of the Jyotisha Vedânga Explained |
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१६ amsas ancient Hindus Aryans astronomical ayanas Babylonian calendar CALIFORN called civil day clepsydra colure commencement contains cycle Dikshit ecliptic emendations epoch equinoctial circle equinox explained Explanation:-The full moon half half-months hence hour-angle hour-angle-amsas Indian intercalary Jupiter Jyotisha Vedánga kalás Krittiká Lagadha latter LIBRARY lunar day lunar month lunisolar lunisolar syzygy lustrum Mágha mean Moon's motion muhúrtas náḍiká nakshatra nakshatra-amsas number of days nycthemera observation occurs palas Pandit Sudhakara parvans period position pratipad present verse present writer quarter reader reckoning revolutions Rigveda Ritus rules sacrifice samvatsaras Sanskrit sávana days scholars seasons serial number shatras sidereal months solar day solstitial Śravishṭhá nakshatra Sun's syllables syzygy Thibaut tithi traditional text traverses treatise unit UNIVERSIT UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES upavása Varáha Mihira Vedánga lustrum Vedas Vedic Vritra winter solstice word Yajur recension yuga इति एव तु प्रचलितपाठः यथा वेबरसंगृ० स्यात् हि