ब्राह्मस्फुटसिद्धान्त (ब्रह्मगुप्त - शून्य, कुट्टक, बीजगणित एवं सम्पूर्ण २१ अध्याय सान्वय सटीक)

DIVISION OF MAHĀBHĀSKARĪYA 71
A.D.). He wrote three works on Astronomy which were most
likely composed in the following order : (i) the Mahā-Bhāskarīya,
(ii) a commentary on the Āryabhāṭīya, and (iii) the Laghu-
Bhāskarīya, His commentary on the Āryabhāṭīya was written
in 629, i.e., only one year after the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta. His
commentary on the Āryabhaṭīya was written in 629 A.D., i.e.
one year after the completion of the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta.
Undoubtedly Bhāskara was the follower of Āryabhaṭa I. Shukla
says, that his works provide us with a detailed exposition of the
astronomical methods taught by Āryabhaṭa I and throw light on
the development of Astronomy in India during the sixth and
early seventh centuries A. D. which was the most brilliant
period in the history of Indian Astonomy-Shukla has brought a
critical edition with English translation of the Mahābhāskarīya
and the Laghu-Bhāskarīya and he proposes to bring out a volume
on the life and works of this great astronomer,
Division of Mahābhāskarīya
The Mahābhāskarīya is divided into Chapters called the
adhyāyas. The adhyāyas have not been named as some of the
Chapters of the Sūryasiddhānta or the Brāhmaspuhtasiddhānta.
The number of verses in the Mahābhāskarīya is as follows :
Subject Number of
verses
Adhyāya I Mean Longitude of a
Planet and Planetary
Pulveriser 52
Adhyāya II The Longitude Correction 10
Adhyāya III Direction, Place and Time.
Junction-stars of the
Zodiacal Asterisms and
conjunction of Planets with
them. 75
Adhyāya IV The Longitude of a Planet 64
Adhyāya V Eclipses 78
Adhyāya VI Rising, Setting and Con-
junction of Planets 62
Adhyāya VII Astronomical Constants 35
Adhyāya VIII Examples 27
These titles to the subject-matter given in the above table
have been assigned by Dr. Kripa Shanker Shukla in his critical