The Obscure Text of the Jyotisha Vedânga Explained

algºſz améas amsas ancient Hindus Aryans āſā astronomical ayanas Babylonian Bráhmana calculation calendar called civil day clepsydra colure commencement contains cycle Dikshit ecliptic emendations epoch equinoctial circle equinox explained five fºr full moon gºt half hence hour-angle Indian intercalary Jupiter Jyotisha Vedānga kalás Lagadha latter lunar day lunar half-month lunar month lunisolar syzygy lustrum Mágha mean Moon's motion nakshatra nakshatra-amsas number of days nycthemera º º observation occurs palas Pandit Sudhákara parvans Pausha period position Prajápati 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 Somákara's Śravishthā Sudhakara Sun's syllables Thibaut tithi traditional text Translation traverses treatise unit Varāha Mihira Vedānga lustrum Vedas Vedic Vritra waſ winter solstice word Yajur recension yuga