356 PAÑCASIDDHĀNTIKĀ XVIII.66
65. In eighteen āryā verses, Varāhamihira, without feeling any jealousy,
gives this manual to the world, ending with the treatment of the planets,
thinking that it is good.
Note 1. The emendations are TS's also.
Note 2. Verse 64 is a paranomasia and means also, "Salutation to the good science of astronomy
called technically parahita-gaṇita (prevalent in Kerala in South India), which at the beginning deals
only with mean motions, though knowing its defective nature as not being true motions, and which
furnishes tabular values of equations going by the means, mandajyā (R sine table of the equation of
the centre), karkijyā (R sine table of the equation of conjunction for the anomaly 90° to 270°) and
makarajyā (R sine table of the equation of conjunction for the anomaly 270° to 90°)."
This meaning being not obvious to the ordinary reader, I give the phrase by phrase meaning:
prastāve (granthārambhe), parokṣasya (asphuṭagrahasya) doṣān (asphuṭatvādi-doṣān) jānann api yaḥ na
vakti (jānann api na vadati, madhyagater eva prakṛtatvāt) guṇān (mandajyā, karkijyā, makarajyā ityādi-
guṇaśabda-vācyā jyāḥ) prathayati (prakaṭīkaroti, gaṇayitvā likhatīti yāvat), tasmai sujanāya (tasmai
śobhanajanmane) parahitāya (parahitagaṇitāya) namaḥ (namo 'stu).
Note 3. These two verses also form part of the 18 verses mentioned. So, actually there are only 16
verses (66 to 81), giving the computation.
[सौरदिनम्]
आकरणाद् रविभागा दिवसा (श्रा) रंशका रवौ कार्याः ।
अधिका (य) दा दि(ने) भ्यो भागा ज्ञेयास्तदा चक्रात् ॥ ६६ ॥
‘Sun’s day’ (Sauradina)
66. From the epoch, to the time of computation of the planet, find the Sun’s
degrees passed. These are to be technically called ‘days’, (and used in the com-
putation). Find the remainder after dividing by the cycle number given for
the respective star-planet. Take the ‘days’ of motion corresponding to the set
of motions given to the respective planet. These are degrees of planetary
motion. Add this to the Sun's longitude. The true planet is got.
Note 1. The ‘days’ mentioned here is only what is called sauradina (‘Sun’s day’) as distinguished
from the sāvana or civil day, and are actually degrees. (This is like the word ‘light-year’, which is
used as a unit of distance). This instruction is given with respect to all planets.
64a. A.B. दोषाः c. A. वराहमिह वराहमिहिरो (A2. ०म्पितिहरो);
b. A. जानन्नापि न; B. जानानापि (B. जुना०). B. मिहरवराहमिहरो; C. ०म्हिहरो
A. पटोक्षस्य d. B. निमत्सरः
c. B. प्रथयाति. A, गुणाश्च तस्मै; B. गुणास्तस्मै 66b. A. दिवमाश्ररांशका; B. दिवसाश्चंशका
d. A. सुजनयानमपर; B. सुजनया तमः. B. परिहिताया B. कार्या
65a. A. ०र्वद्धा; B. ०र्वंधा c. A. ०कार्यदा दितेभ्यो; B. ०कार्यदा दिनेभ्यो
b. B. दायाभिः d. A.B. वक्रात्

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Note 2. The cycle given for each planet is only the period of the planet’s synodic revolution con-
verted into the solar days, i.e., it is the synodic period × 360° ÷ 365-15-30, nearly. When so con-
verted, we have:
| | Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jup. | Saturn |
| The regular synodic days: | 115-52-45 | 583-55 | 779-57 | 398-53 | 378-6 |
| Converted into solar days: | 114 6/29 | 575½ | 768-45 | 393 1/7 | 372 2/3 |
The second set is given for the respective planet, saying that the synodic period is so many ‘days’.
Not knowing this TS have remarked that they do not understand why there is so much difference
in the periods from the regular days generally known. Also, they say they cannot dismiss them as
wrong, since the numbers given are checked in the computation itself. (See pages lxiii-lxiv of Intro-
duction in TS’s edition).
NP have understood that the cycles are in solar ‘days’. But, they have remarked that ‘VM’ has con-
fused the days and degrees, not realising that there is a purpose in giving the cycles in the solar day
units. These units have been used because, now, the ‘days’ and the ‘degrees’ will have the same
meaning, and they can be combined without, at every point, instructing it. Thus, ultimately, the
combined value is the degrees of the true planet.
Example 1. Days from epoch 1,20,553. Find the ‘days’, and assuming the Sun at epoch as zero, find the Sun
at the end of 1,20,553 days.
1,20,553 × 360 ÷ 365-15-30 = 1,18,187.5 ‘days’.
This plus zero, and divided out by 360° = 17°.5, Sun’s longitude.
[कुजस्फुट:]
‘नवयम (गुणर्तु’ हीने) ‘कृता’ (ह) ते ‘विषयसप्तखाग्नि’हृते ।
भूयो (हृ)ते चतुर्भिः [निरंश] दिवसा महीजस्य ॥ ६७ ॥
‘षड् (विषयै)’ ‘स्ति (थ्यू)’नः दृष्टो ‘वसुधृति’ [भि]-रंशकाः (ष)ष्टिः
अष्टशतेन(च)षष्टिः सप्तत्या(त्र्य)धिकया नवतिः ॥ ६८ ॥
षष्ट्याष्टयुक्तया (श) तदलं च ‘खाश्वि द्विकै’: ‘स्वराद्रि’ (घ्राः) ।
अस्तमितोऽतः सप्ताष्टकेन तिथयो’ निरंशग (गतिः) ॥ ६९ ॥
|| कुजः ||
Motion of Mars
67. Subtract 6329 from the ‘days’. Multiply the remainder by 4 and divide out
by 3075. Take the remainder and divide by 4. These are the ‘days’ after con-
junction (i.e., the anomaly of conj.) for Mars.
68-69. After 56 ‘days’ it goes behind the Sun by 15°, and becomes observable,
(i.e., the heliacal setting ends). In 188, 108, 73, 68, 220, ‘days’ Mars lags
behind by 60°, 60°, 90°, 50°, 70°, respectively. Then it sets heliacally, and in
56 ‘days’ lags 15° behind and goes into conjunction.

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Note 1. I generally agree with TS's emendations. But in verse 68, I give ṣaḍviṣayaiḥ for ṣaḍtriṁśat-
savaiḥ, which latter is both meaningless and has one mātrā extra. TS's ṣaḍvargaiḥ does not agree with
the last saptāṣṭakena, for the numbers should agree or at least nearly agree. saptatyā dvyadhikayā has
been emended by me into saptatyā tradhikayā, and khābdhi into khāśvi. These will not only make the
total correct, but also bring about agreement with the Siddhāntas, which all generally agree with the
actual as given by modern astronomy.

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(d) The rising and setting are given by observation at different regions and different conditions
of the atmosphere, and therefore vary among the siddhāntas.
(e) In the case of the inferior planets the degrees should add upto zero. When the degrees are
positive and greater than the days, the planet is gaining upon the Sun, and the total gain is its elon-
gation. When the degrees are less than the ‘days’, the planet is lagging behind. When the degrees
are negative and numerically greater than the ‘days’, the planet is retrograde and comes at the
middle of the cycle, if the cycle begins and ends at superior conjunction.
Example 2. Compute Mars at 1,20,553 days from epoch.
The solar days are, 1,20,553 × 360 ÷ 365-15-30 = 1,18,817.5, and the Sun is 17°.5, taking the
sun at epoch as zero, which it nearly is as already shown.
1,18,817.5 − 6329 = 1,12,488.5
1,12,488.5 × 4 ÷ 3075 leaves the remainder 1004.
1004 ÷ 4 = 251, real remainder of ‘days’.
During this period we get the movement: − 15° in 56 ‘days’, − 60° in 188 ‘days’, and − 4° for the
7 ‘days’ remaining, total − 79°.
Adding − 79° to the Sun, 17°.5, True Mars = 298.5°.
[बुधस्फुटः]
वि‘शशिवसुरसे(न्द्रे)’ ‘नव(यम)’गुणितेऽर्करा[म]गुण'भक्ते ।
गुणकारहृते लब्धान्यहानि शीतांशपुत्रस्य ॥ ७० ॥
दशभिर्द्वादशही(नः) प्रागुदितो ‘म(नु)’भिरून'(नन्दां'शाः) ।
‘धृति’भिः(स)नवोऽस्तमितः त्रिंशद्भिरुदेति स'(शराश्विः)' ॥ ७१ ॥
अष्टाद(श)भिः(स)नवः षोडशभिश्चा(र्क)वर्जितोऽस्तमितः ।
पश्चा‘द्वसू’भिर्नववर्जितो निरं(शं) बुधो याति ॥ ७२ ॥
॥ बुधः ॥
Motion of Mercury
70. Subtract 14,681 from the ‘days’. Multiply the remainder by 29, and divide
out by 3312. Take the remainder and divide by 29. The ‘days’ for Mercury in
the cycle is got.
70a. A.विंशशि. A.B.रसेन्द्रा; D. [रसेन्दौ] 71a. A.दशभिद्वा०. A.B.हीनाः
b. A.B.1.2.नवनवगुणिते. A.B.1.2.०रागुणभक्ते b. A. मनिभिरूनभश्वांशाः; B. र्मनाभीरूनत्तश्वांशाः;
c. A.B.हृते C. मनु[भिरूनिताश्वांशाः]; D. मनु [भिर्विषयश्वांशाः]
c-d. B1.2.०ब्यान्य-gap-तांशु०; c. A. शनवो; B. ०भिः-gap-नवो; D. [०भिर्मनवो]
B3.०ब्युनाशि-gap-तांशु० d. A. ०रुदेत्ति. A.B. सरसाश्वः (B. श्वाः);
C. [सरसांशः]; D. [स रसांशाः]

360 PAÑCASIDDHĀNTIKĀ XVIII.72
71. In 10 ‘days’ Mercury falls back by 12°, and rises in the east. In 14 ‘days’
more it lags by 9°. Then in 18 ‘days’ it gains 9°. Then it sets, and in 30 ‘days’
gains 25° and rises heliacally.
72. Then in 18 ‘days’ it gains 9°. In 16 ‘days’ it lags 12°, and sets in the west.
Then in 8 ‘days’ it lags 9°, and gets into conjunction.
Note 1. In verses 71 and 72 my corrections are based on the need to conform as nearly as possible
to reality, and they are also, as far as possible, kept close to the text. śarāsviḥ, 25, may also be jalāśviḥ,
24. The values are:

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[गुरुस्फुटः]
रहिते 'द्वियमशरा[ष्ट्यां]' '(नगा)'हृते 'द्विविषय(स्व)राश्वि'हते ।
सप्तहृते देवगु(रोः) भवन्ति दिवसा [निरंशस्य] ॥ ७३ ॥
सर्वे(ऽर्का)त् संशोध्यः षोडशभिर्द्वादशोदितः प्रा(च्याम्) ।
'कृतविषयैः' 'कृतवेदाः' सप्तत्या 'सार्णवाः षष्टिः' ॥ ७४ ॥
'नवदिग्भिः' 'शून्यार्काः' '[सा]ष्टाशीत्या' 'रसस्वरा' [श्चैव] ।
'शून्यकृ(तै)'र्द्वात्रिंशत् (ततोऽस्तगः) षोडशभि'र्काः)' ॥ ७५ ॥
॥ जीवः ॥
Motion of Jupiter
73. Deduct 16,552 from the 'days'. Multiply the remainder by 7 and divide by
2752. Divide the remainder here by 7. The 'days' from conjunction are got.
74-75. All degrees given are to be subtracted from the sun. In 16 'days' it
moves 12° and rises in the east. Then in 54, 70, 49, 88, 40 days it moves 44°,
64°, 120°, 76°, 32°. Then it sets in the west, moves 12° in 16 days and joins the
Sun.
Note 1. The first foot of verse 73 is faulty containing 3 mātrās extra, and corrupt. So it has been
corrected. The rest of verses 73 and 74 are TS's emendations. In 75, all emendations are TS's,
excepting those for grammar.
Note 2. The cycle is 2752 ÷ 7 = 393 1/7 days. The days and degrees are:

362 PAÑCASIDDHĀNTIKĀ XVIII.78
[शुक्रस्फुट:]
'नयनार्क [धृतीन्दू]' ने द्विगुणे (रू) पेन्द्रि [येश्रु] रै' र्भक्ते |
शे(षं) यत्त(द्द) लितं भृगुतनयनिरांशदिवसाः स्युः || ७६ ||
'विषयै' र्नवकविहीनः प्रागुदित'स्तिथि' [भि] 'रेक (य) म' हीनः |
'वसुकृत्या' 'ति(थ्यूनः)' 'कृताष्टिभिः' स (पञ्चकास्त्रिंशत्) || ७७ ||
(पञ्चा) [ष्ट] केन सद(शः) निरं[शगो] ऽतो विलोमगः पश्चात् |
उ(दे)ति (नि)रंशका(ले) (प्रया)ति (चा)स्तं वि(लोम)गतिः || ७८ ||
|| शुक्रः ||
Motion of Venus
76. Deduct 1,18,122 from the 'days'. Multiply by 2 and divide by 1151. Take
the remainder and divide by 2. We have the 'days' from the conjunction of
Venus.
77-78. In 5 'days' Venus lags by 9°, and rises in the east. In 15 days it lags 21°.
In 64 days it lags 15°. In 164 days it gains by 35°. Then it sets in the east. Then
in 40 days it gains 10°, and joins the Sun. Then, moving in accordance with
the reversed order of the days for cycles given, it rises, after the days given
from setting to conjunction (i.e., 40 days), in the west, and moves till it reaches
the setting in retrograde (and getting into the inferior conjunction) section.
Note 1. I have corrected mitīndu into dhṛtīndu for agreement with the Sun in superior conjunction
which alone fits. TS's correction (also NP's) mahīndu does not bring agreement with the Sun either
at superior conj. or inferior conj. There can be another possible correction matīndu (mati is 8). In
the 64 days, flanking the retrograde, the days may be a little more or less, since a small error of
observation can produce a difference of a large number of days. The lacunae is filled by me with
sapañcakāstriṃśat, meaning 35°, to fit the number of degrees wanted to make up the total zero, and
fitting the number of days given. TS's emendation, kṛtāṣṭabhiḥ will be far from fitting the total.
76a. A.B. ॰र्कमितिदुने; C.D. ॰र्कमहीन्दूने 78a. A.B.C. ष (B. स) ष्टाष्टकेन सदश (B. सदृश);
b. A.B. रूपेन्द्रियैः स्वरै र्भ (B2. भ) ते D. षष्टाष्टकेन स दश
c. A1. शेषः. A1. यत्तदलितं; B. यकृदलितं b. A. निरंसतोतो; B. निरंशतातो
d. B. ॰वसा स्युः c. A. उदयति तिथिनिरंशकालो;
77a. B3. नवका B. उदयतिथिनिरंशकालो
b. A.B. तिथिरकपम (B. यम) हीनः c-d. C. उदयति निरंशकालेन, याति;
c. A. तिथ्यून D. उदयति निरंशकालात्र याति
d. A.B. ॰ष्टिभिः स, rest of verse missing: d. A.B. नयति (B. भवति) वास्तं
D. नः कृत (ष्ट्रै) स्त्रिभिः स A.B. विनाथगतिः; D. [दिनानाथ] गतिः
C. ॰भिः [सेषुरस्तगतः]; D. ॰भिः [सपञ्चास्तगः]

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Moreover, their filling the lacuna by seṣuḥ, meaning 5° is quite inadequate to make up zero. I have
emended saṣṭāṣṭakena into pañcāṣṭakena, meaning 5 × 8 = 40, which will fit the number of days.
Also, 10° synodic motion there requires 40 days and it is also the period from setting to going into
superior conjunction. ṣaṣṭa is patently wrong spelling, and ṣaṣṭāṣṭakena is meaningless. But TS and
NP keep it, which is wrong. That this is the segment of heliacal setting to conj. can be inferred from
udayati given for the next segment, and 10° for heliacal setting and rising at superior conj. is given
by many siddhāntas. The other minor emendations are TS's.
Note 2. 1,18,122 seems to be a very large subtractive constant, equal to more than 300 years, while
all others are very near VM's time. But I cannot think of any other number to fit,
Note 3. The maximum elongation is seen to be 45°, correctly. (Cf. Table).

364 PAÑCASIDDHĀNTIKĀ XVIII.81
अष्टनव(त्या) नवतिर्दलं च 'मनु'भिस्त्रयोदशविहीनाः |
'गुणरुद्रै': 'शून्यार्का' द्व्यूनेन शतेन 'शशिनवकम्' || ८० ||
अति जग[त्या सार्धा]र्का(न)स्तमे(त्य)तो 'नव(कु)भि'(र्नि)रंशम् |
षोडश सार्धा(न् सौ)रश्चरति रखेः सर्वदा हीनः || ८१ ||
|| शनैश्चरः ||
Motion of Saturn
79. Subtract 16,518 from the 'days', multiply by 3 and divide by 1118. Take
the remainder here and divide by 3. The days left over in the cycle are got. In
18 days Saturn lags behind by 16½°, and rises in the east.
80-81. In 98, 14, 113, 98, and 13 'days', it falls behind 90½°, 13°, 120°, 91°,
and 12½°, respectively. Then Saturn sets in the west, and joins the Sun
passing 16½° in 19 days.
Note 1. In verse 79, ṣaṭkavarka is patently extra, forming syllables not required for the foot, and
has been deleted by me as also by TS. aṣṭābhiḥ is corrected into aṣṭiḥ by me, as also by TS, to conform
to grammar and facts. In the rest of the minor corrections there is no difference between our
corrections.
In verse 80, I have retained the dvi in dvyūnena, while TS have made it dyu, meaning one day,
which is not necessary, and which leads into trouble later, needing further correction. The minor
corrections are common to both. In 81, I have filled up the lacuna by (tyā sārdha), while TS have
made it (tibhirardhā). The word is atijagatī, and not atijagatīḥ, which alone can justify TS's tibhiḥ.
Also, only sārdhārka can mean 12½, but their ardhārka can mean only 6. I have corrected navati into
navaku keeping the nava. But TS have corrected it into atidhṛti, making unnecessary changes in the
lettering, though both of us mean the same. The rest of the corrections are minor, and are acceptable.
79a. A.B.C. ॰रसषट्कवर्क (B.वक्रे) शशाङ्के 81a. A1. जग---र्का
b. B.भाजिताग्नि (B3.घ्नि) a-b. A.1.3. ॰र्कारस्त (B.स्ते) मेत्यंतो (B3.मेसंतो);
c. A.सौरस्य. A.B.धृतिभिरष्टाभि (B1.2.भिः) C. ॰र्दर्द्धार्कानस्तमेत्यतो; D.[॰र्कार्कान् सार्धानस्तमेति]
d. A.C.सार्धार्क; B.सार्द्धार्क; D.सार्धार्काद् b. A1.B.नवतिभिर्विंशं;
80a. A.नवर्तिर्ज्या नवति॰; C.D.नवर्तिर्नवतिः C.ऽतिधृतिर्निरांशम्; D.नव[दश]भिर्निरांशम्
b. A1.B.C.D.विहीनः c. A1.सार्धात्सौर; B.सार्द्धात्सौर
c. B2.शून्यर्का d. A1.रचेः
d. C.D.[द्यूनेन]; Ms. A2. breaks off here.
A1.शाशि

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Note 2. The following is the table of motions:

[इति पञ्चसिद्धान्तिकायाम् अष्टादशोऽध्याये

प्रक्षेपभागः समाप्तः] ॥
Col. A1.B.D. पौलिशसिद्धान्ते (B3 न्तो) ताराग्रहाः (B adds एवम् |
C. इति पौलिशसिद्धान्ते ताराग्रहा नामाष्टदशोऽध्यायः
Post-Colophonic statements:
A1. इत्याचार्य-वराहमिहिरकृता पंचसिद्धांतिका समाप्ता संवत् १६७३ वर्षे शाके १५३८ प्रवर्तमाने
द्वितीयाश्विनशुदि २ बुधे अद्येह स्तंभतीर्थे वास्तवं | पंडित-श्रीपीतांवर[:] तत्सूनुः श्री-श्रीरंग[:], तत्पुत्रः
पंडित नाना | तत्तनेयो पंडितगोविन्दः | तस्यात्मजेन शंकरेणेयं पंचसिद्धांतिका लिखिता । आत्मपठ
(ठ) नार्थ तथा [परो] पकृतये च । शुभं भवतु ।।
B1.2.3. इत्याचार्यवराहमि[हि]रकृतायां
(B3. om. यां) पञ्चसिद्धान्तिका समाप्ता ।
(B3. संवत् १९२८ शाके १७९३ प्रवर्तमाने
माघशुक्ला २ शुक्रे | ज्योतिर्विदूत्तमरामदुर्लभरामेण
लिखिता || अमदावाद-निवासिना मुंबई-
बन्दरमध्ये इंद पुस्तकं लिखितं || श्री ||
C. इति वराहमिहिराचार्यकृता पञ्चसिद्धान्तिका समाप्ता ।
D. इत्याचार्यवराहमिहिरकृता पंचसिद्धान्तिका समाप्ता ||

Thus ends Chapter XVIII 61-81: A Spurious Supplement entitled ‘Computation of the Star Planets in Brief’, to the Pañcasiddhāntikā of Varāhamihira

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APPENDIX I
INDEX OF VERSES

अंशाशीत्या 9.7
अक्षे क्षिप्तां लेखां 14.3
अक्षोक्षिप्तस्योदृक् 14.25
अणुमात्रदर्शन 15.12
अतिजगत्या 18.81
अधिमासकेषु 1.13
अधिमासकोन 15.24
अध्यर्धशतं 18.14
अनयोर्विश्लेषांशान् 18.41
अनुवक्रि परि गत्वा 18.5
अनुवक्रोऽशीत्या 18.13
अन्याद्ययोः 10.7
अन्यच्च भवेद् भूमेः 13.7
अन्यद्रोमक 15.25
अपमान्तरविक्षेपा 5.5
अपमान्तरसंयुक्ता 5.1
अपमोनयुताक्ष 4.22
अपवृषमिथुना 4.24
अभिमतदेशाक्ष 14.29
अर्केन्दुदृष्टि 15.6
अर्केन्दुभुक्ति 10.5
अर्केन्दुयोगचक्रे 3.20
अर्कोदद्यन्तारांशान् 18.54
अर्धेनालिख्य 8.18
अर्हत्प्रोक्ते 13.8
अलिनि दशघ्नाः 18.49
अवनतिवर्गं 8.16; 9.26
अविचार्यैवं 15.29
अविदितसंस्था 15.2
अविशेषाद् दृक्क्षेपं 9.24
अष्टगुणे दिनराशौ 3.28
अष्टनहत्या 18.80
अष्टादशभिः 18.65, 72
अष्टौ भागा लिप्ता 16.6
असितात् सितात् 13.38
अस्तोदयन्तारांशा 18.54

अस्माकमुदय 15.8
आकरणाद् रवि 18.66
आवन्त्यकः 18.61
आश्लेषार्धादासीत् 3.21

इष्टक्रान्तिज्याघ्न 4.39
इष्टांशद्विगुणोन 4.5
इष्टा नाड्यो द्यु 4.50
इष्टेऽहनि बुद्ध्वा 14.10c
इष्टोत्तरगोलाप 4.32

उक्तश्च संहितायां 15.10
उज्जयिनी लङ्कायाः 13.17
उत्तरगोलेऽर्क 4.35
उत्तरमक्षाच्छुद्धं 8.12
उदगयनं मकरादा 3.25
उदगयने पूर्वार्धे 7.3
उदयगुणिता 18.22
उदयनवांशं 18.7
उदयात् प्रभृति च 8.10
उदयो यो लङ्कायां 15.23

ऋक्षं लिप्ताष्टशती 3.16
ऋजुशङ्कु 13.31

एकादशाष्ट 3.2
एकेन्द्रियवसु 18.34
एकैकोंऽशो 13.15
एवं कृते ग्रहान्त 18.58
एवं कृत्वा हन्यात् 4.43
एवं च नवत्यंशैः 13.16
एवं व्यर्काच्चन्द्रा 5.9
एवं स्फुटमध्याख्यं 17.9,
एष निशार्धे 16.1

कन्यांशान् षट् 18.2

कन्यायामुत्कृत्या 18.47
कन्यायामृतुकृत 18.47
कमलोद्भवप्रजेशौ 1.24
कर्कटकादिषु भुक्तं 2.9
कर्कटसिंहयो 18.31
कर्किणि दिग्घ्नैः 18.45
कालापेक्षा 3.36
काष्ठघ्न्यार्क 4.53
किन्वन्तरांशहीनौः 6.5
कुम्भाधर्कारं ताम्रं 14.32
कुम्भेऽह्नां विंशत्या 18.52
कृतगुणमृत्तु 2.1
कृतदिग्ग्रहणे 4.38
कृतियोगपदं 10.6
कृत्वा चतुर्भिरुद्यान् 18.37 fn.
क्लैवं क्षयवृद्धी 5.10
केन्द्रान्तरज्या 9.13
क्रमशः मध्यः 18.8
क्षेप्याः स्वरेन्दु 16.10

खखरूपाष्टगुण 8.4
खजिनघ्नी क्रान्ति 4.34
खनवनगाः शशि 8.7
खार्काधिकं भवेद् 3.6

गगनमुपैति 13.4
गणितविषयोपलब्ध 14.41
गतमयनादुत्तरतो 12.5
गतिविश्लेषकृति 18.55
गत्यर्धे भगणार्ध 2.5
गवि द्विकृत 18.43
गवि वेदयम 18.43 fn.
गुणरसनवका 4.10
गुणशिखिगुणाम्नि 3.17
गुणसलिलपांशु 14.27
गुरुभूतनया 17.14

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गुरूचपलाय 14.28
गोमिथुनतौलिक 18.30
ग्रहणेन्दोः 10.4
घनषोडशहत 2.3
चक्रात् पतितं वक्त्रम् 9.6
चतुराधिकेन शतेन 18.40
चत्वारिंशच्छशि 18.27
चत्वारिंशद्रामा 4.9
चन्द्रच्छेदक 6.13
चन्द्रत्मोव्यास 10.20
चन्द्रादूर्ध्वं बुध 13.39
चन्द्राम्बरान्तर 11.2
चरखण्डपक्षांश 4.27
चरदलकाल 4.31
चरनाडीक्रम 4.51
चित्रार्धाष्टमभागे 14.37
छायाद्वादश 4.45
छायार्कवर्गयोगा 4.52
छायार्को नाडीभिः 4.49
छाया समरेखा 4.55
छायाहरिजाभ्यन्तर 14.6
छेद्यवदर्धकपालं 14.19
छेद्यार्धयष्टि 14.12
जह्यादुदय 18.15
जीवस्य शता 16.2
जीवाध्यर्ध 4.16
ज्ञसितारेज्या 18.60
ज्याविधिना विक्षेपं 9.25
ज्याविधिविक्षेप 18.57
झषवृश्चिका 18.29
तज्ज्या तिर्यग्रेखा 14.11
तज्ज्या स्थितज्य 4.42
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APP.I: INDEX OF VERSES 369
नवकृत्या षष्टिः 18.39 बहुलचतुर्दश्यर्था 3.19 यवनान्तरजा 3.13
नवतिस्त्रियुता 4.18 बहुला षष्ठांशान्ते 14.34 यष्ट्या विद्ध्यात् 11.1
नवतस्सप्तशती 9.11 बुध्वा शशिविक्षेपं 14.33 याम्योदग्रेखायां 14.24
नवदिग्भिः 18.75 भागनवत्या राहो 3.31 याम्योदग्विक्षेपा 5.8
नवयमगुण 18.67 भागविशेषात्तिथि 9.23 याम्योदक्समसूत्रा 14.2
नवयमवसुभिः 18.38 भ्रमति भ्रमिस्थितिव 13.6 युगवर्षमासपिण्डं 1.16
नववसुरार्मर्मध्यं 18.38 fn. येष्टेवोदङ् 13.13
नवशतगुणिते 9.3 मकरादौ गुण 2.8 योजनपञ्चनवांशां 13.23
नवशतसहस्त्र 9.2 मध्याज्याकृति 9.20 योजनशतानि 13.18
नव सार्धाः 18.11 मध्यममाना 8.15
नष्टच्छायाप्येवं 13.11 मध्यात् पुनर्वि 17.8 रविकक्षा नवति 10.1
नाड्यः षड्घ्न्यो भागा 14.5 मध्यार्कलम्बित 9.17 रविशशिनोः पञ्च 12.1
नाभ्याः शङ्कुच्छाया 14.14 मध्याह्नं भद्राश्वे 15.22 रविशशिनोः स्फुट 8.2
नित्यमध्यस्थ 13.35 मध्याह्नच्छायार्धं 2.10 रविशशिमान 8.17
नैश्यास्तिथि 6.1 मध्याह्नार्कमयूखं 14.22 रव्युदये लङ्कायां 15.19
मध्याह्ने प्राक् तथा 14.8 रसगुणनवेन्दु 2.2
पञ्चघ्नात् त्रिघ्ना 7.2 मनुभवयम 8.6 रसभववसू 17.2
पञ्चत्रिंशत् त्र्यष्टक 4.25 रसविषयकृत 18.9
पञ्चमहाभूत 13.1 मनुविषयतिथि 4.15 रहिते द्वियम 18.73
पञ्चाब्द्येयो 16.11 मन्दग्रहान्तरज्या 17.13 राशिचतुष्टय 16.5
पञ्चाशता त्रिभिः 9.10 मार्गादिपेत 3.34 राशिज्याप्रक्रमज्या 4.29
पञ्चाशीतिं कृत्वा 18.23 मासाधिपा यथोर्ध्वं 13.42 राहुमुखोनं चक्रं 6.10
पञ्चाष्टकेन 18.78 मासीकृते सम्प्राप्ते 1.9 राहोः सषट्कृति 6.2; 7.5
पदमैकोनं पञ्चा 3.5 मिथुनान्ते च 13.10 रुद्रदस्रमनु 1.10
पर्य्येति शशी 13.41 मीने त्र्यष्टकमह्नां 18.53 fn. रोमकयुगमर्केन्द्वोः 1.15
पूर्वाचार्यमतेभ्यो 1.2 मीनेऽष्टादशमह्नां 18.53 रोमकसूर्यो 8.1
पौलिशतिथि 1.4 मनुयोजे व्येकान्ते 4.12 रौमकमहर्गणं 3.35
पौलिशरोमक 1.3 मुनिकृतगुणेन्द्रिय 9.15
प्रचयः स्वराग्नि 18.17 मुनियमयमद्रि 1.17 लग्नत्र्यगुविवर 8.11
प्रतितेन भवति 13.32 मेरोर्न दिग्विभागः 15.11 लङ्कार्धरात्र 15.20
प्रतिदिवसमेव 13.37 मेरोस्सममुपरि 13.5 लङ्कास्था भूलग्नां 13.26
प्रतिविषयमुदृक् 13.20 मेषतुलादौ विषुवं 3.23 लब्धं द्वादशहीनं 2.13
प्रद्युम्नभूमि 18.62 मेषवृषमिथुन 13.12 लब्धं विषुवज्जीवा 4.21
प्रस्तावेऽपि न 18.64 मेषस्तेषां नित्यं 13.28 लब्धाङ्गुलानि कोटि 4.54
प्रागधं पर्व 12.4 मेषादिषु तदुप 3.11 लम्बकगुणिता 4.56
प्रागुदये षट् 18.25 मेषे दिनषट्कृत्या 18.42 लिप्ताद्वयेन 11.6
प्रोक्ता शशाङ्क 6.12 मेषे विक

16.9
11. सिंहे गुणेन्दु 18.46 fn.
12. सिंहे बाणगुणा 18.46
13. सितबहल्योः 3.18
14. सितवज्जलधेः 3.18 fn.
15. सितशीघ्रं 16.8
16. सूत्रद्वयसम्पात 14.20
17. सूत्रेण बिन्दुकत्रय 14.15
18. सूर्यस्यार्धा 15.26
19. सूर्येन्दुभगण 15.1
20. सैकत्रिंशे द्युगणे 12.3
21. सैकाजे पञ्चाशत् 4.7
22. सौरस्य सहस्र 16.3
23. सौर्यं स्थापित 9.9
24. स्थितिदलनविमर्दे 6.6
25. स्फुटगणितविदिह 3.37
26. स्फुटदिनकर 17.12
27. स्फुटमध्यम 18.24
28. स्फुटयित्वैवं 17.7
29. स्वपरिधिगुणिते 17.5
30. स्वप्रत्ययेन 13.34
31. स्वरवसुमुनीन्द्र 9.16

APPENDIX II
INDEX OF PAÑCASIDDHĀNTIKĀ VERSES
QUOTED BY LATER ASTRONOMERS

1. Makkibhaṭṭa's Com. on the Siddhāntaśekhara of Śrīpati : PS XIII.36; XV.17-20 (5 verses)
2. Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji in his Jyotirmīmāṃsā : PS I.3, 4; XV.20 (3 verses)
3. Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji in his Bhāṣya on the Āryabhaṭīya : PS III.21; XIII.1, 10; XV.20 (4 verses)
   Nīlakaṇṭha quotes two more verses from the Pañcasiddhāntikā, which, however are not to be
   found in the present edition of the work :
   See Nīlakaṇṭha on ABh IV.10 :
   अत एवोक्तं वराहमिहिरेण पञ्चसिद्धान्ताख्ये करणे कर्तारिकाध्याये —
   संख्या तु तेषां चिरजीविदृष्टा संवादहीना यदि यत्नभाजः ।
   यंत्रैर्मयोक्तैः खगचारसूक्ष्मैस्तंत्रं विना सिद्ध्यन्ति खेचराणाम् ॥
   Again, तदुक्तं कर्तारिकाध्याये —
   यत्नतः प्रतिनिवृत्तिकालतः सौम्यतश्च विदितं यदन्तरम् ।
   भास्करस्य दलितं यदेव हि क्रान्तिमाहुरधिकं पुरातनाः ॥
4. Parameśvara's Com. on the Āryabhaṭīya :
   PS XIII.12 (1 verse)
5. Pṛthūdakasvāmin's Com. on the Khaṇḍakhādyaka of Brahmagupta :
   PS. XIII.2-3, 5-6, 9, 12, 27, 35 (8 verses)
6. Sūryadevayajvan's Com. on the Āryabhaṭīya : XIII.1, 3, 36.
7. Utpala's Com. on the Bṛhatsaṃhitā of Varāhamihira :
   PS. I.1, 8-10, 16-22; II.13; III.1, 10, 21, 25; IV.20-23, 27-28, 30-33, 35-36, 38, 41-44; 48-49;
   V.1-10; VI.9-10, 15; VIII.1, 9-18; IX.1; XII.1-3; XIII.1-34, 39-42; XIV.33, 39-40; XV.15,
   18-29; XVII.4-5 (117 verses)

APPENDIX III
BHŪTASAṄKHYĀ (OBJECT NUMERALS)
Used in the Pañcasiddhāntikā
akṣa (अक्ष) 5 | caraṇa (चरण) 4 | randhra (रन्ध्र) 9
akṣi (अक्षि) 2 | jala (जल) 4 | ravi (रवि) 12
agni (अग्नि) 3 | jaladhi (जलधि) 4 | rasa (रस) 6
aṅka (अङ्क) 9 | jina (जिन) 24 | rāma (राम) 3
atijagatī (अतिजगती) 13 | tanu (तनु) 8 | rudra (रुद्र) 11
adri (अद्रि) 7 | tithi (तिथि) 15 | rūpa (रूप) 1
anala (अनल) 3 | tīkṣṇāṃśu (तीक्ष्णांशु) 12 | lavaṇoda (लवणोद) 4
abdhi (अब्धि) 4 | darśa (दर्श) 2 | vasu (वसु) 8
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APPENDIX IV
INDEX OF PLACES, PERSONS AND TEXTS
Cited in Pañcasiddhāntikā

Arkasiddhānta : See Saurasiddhānta
Arhat, XIII.8
Avanti, XVIII.61
Āryabhaṭa, XV.20
Āvantyaka : See Varāhamihira
Ujjayinī, XIII.17, 21
Kukaraṇakāra, III.37
Kuru, XV.22
Ketumālā, XV.22
Jayanandi, XVIII.62
Pādāditya, III.33, (34),
Pūrvācārya-s, I.2,
Paitāmaha-siddhāntā, I.3; XII.1
Pauliśa-siddhānta, I.3, 4, 10, 11
Pradyumna, XVIII.62
(Bṛhat) Saṁhitā, XV.10
Bhadraviṣṇu, III.32
Bhadrāśva. IV.22

Bhāratavarṣa, XV.22
Meru, XIII.5, 12, 18, 21, 27; XV.5, 6, 11
Yamakoṭi, XV.23
Yavana, III.13; XV.19
Yavanapura, I.8; III.13; XV.18, 25
Romaka, XV.23, 25,
Romakaviṣaya, XV.23, 25
Romaka-siddhānta, I.3, 4, 10, 15; III.35; VIII.1
Laṅkā, XIII.9, 17, 19, 26, 29, 32; XV.19, 20, 23, 25
Lāṭadeva, Lāṭācārya, I.3; XV.8
Varāhamihira, Āvantyaka, XVIII.61, 63, 65
Vārānasi, III.13
Śaka, Śakendra, I.8; XII.2
Sāvitrā : see Saurasiddhānta
Siddhapura, XV.23
Saura-siddhānta, Arkasiddhānta, Sāvitra,
I.3, 4, 14; IX.1; XVI.1
Himādri, III.12
Horātantra, I.22

APPENDIX V
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Āryabhaṭa, C. Nīlakaṇṭha Somayāji
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APPENDIX VI

SUBJECT INDEX

Abhra, 24
Adar, 24
Adhikamāsa, 17
Ādityadāsa, xxviii
Agastya, xxix
Agastyodaya, xxix, 278-81
Agni, 24
Agrā, 113-14, 126, 131,
133, 135, 136
Ahargaṇa, xxvii, 241, 243
Aharmāna, xxvii, 34-35,
51-52, 246-47
Ahurmazd, 24
Aja, 24
Ākṣadṛkkarma, 143, 148,
150, 351
Akṣakṣetras, 129
Akṣāṃśa, 267-68
Ākṣavalana, 184, 185
Alexandria, 10, 288
Almagest, 10
Amordad, 24
Amplitude, 114, 126, 131
Anala, 24
Aneran, 24
Aṅgiras, 4
Anna, 24
Anuvakra, 334, 335
Anuvarṇana, 240
Anuvatsara, 242
Apamaṇḍala, 236-38
Ardhakapālayantra, 271
Ārdharātrika (rātra)-pakṣa,
4, 17, 197, 200, 209, 210,
289, 293, 294, 311
Ardibahesht, 24
Arhat, 250
Arkāgrā, 131
Armillary sphere, 272-73
Aruṇa, 4
Āryabhaṭa, xxvii, 17, 92,
196, 197, 198, 200, 210,
252, 289, 311
Āryabhaṭīya, xxvii, xxviii,
3, 5, 10, 26, 42, 44, 59,
60, 61, 62, 196, 198, 205,
210, 223, 289, 292,
299, 371
Āryabhaṭīya-bhāṣya, xviii
Ascending node, 67
Ascensional differences,
261-62
Ashisvang, 24
Ashtad, 24
Asman, 24
Astronomer, bad, 74;
qualifications of, 112
Astronomical observation,
257-58
Asura, 248, 249, 251
Ativakra, 334, 335
Atri, 4
Audayika-pakṣa, 293
Avan, 24
Avanti, xxi, 353. See also
Ujjain
Āyana-dṛkkarma, 143,
150, 351
Ayanāṃśa, 68, 73
Āyana-valana, 164
Babylonian astronomy, 316
Babylonians, 291
‘Bāhu’, 126
Baladeva, 24
Bālava, 57
Banaras, 51, 52, 53
See also Vārāṇasī
‘Base’, 126, 132, 135
Baudhāyana, 139
Bava, 57
Behram, 24
Bhadrāśva-varṣa, 290
Bhadraviṣṇu, 71
Bhadra (viṣṭi), 57
Bhagola, 85-87
Bhārata-varṣa, 290
Bhāskara I, 4, 62, 129
Bhāskara II, 118, 129, 207
261
Bhaṭṭotpala, 4, 10, 179,
187, 244, 292, 293,
301, 310. See also Utpala
Bhau Daji, 10
Bhava, 24
Bhoga-rekhā, 272
Bhṛgu, 4
Bhūbhramaṇa, 249-50
‘Bhuja’, 131, 132, 133,
143, 144, 145, 146
Bhujāntara, 54, 209
Bhūmi, 24
Bhūtasaṅkhyā, 372
Bīja correction of VM for
planets, 299
Bimbamāna, 189-90, 215-16
Brahmā, 4, 5, 24
Brahmagupta, xxvii, xxviii,
4, 5, 196, 197, 289
Brahman, 24
Brahmasiddhānta, 5
Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta,
xxvii, xxviii, 3, 5, 60, 70,
293
Bṛhadyātrā, xxix
Bṛhadyogayātrā, xxix
Bṛhajjātaka, xxviii, xxix,
286
Bṛhatsaṃhitā, xxviii,
xxix, 3, 4, 10, 17, 22, 62
68, 179, 293, 354, 371
Budhacāra, 340
Budhasphuṭa, 342-60
Burgess, J., xix
Caitra-pakṣa, 44
Cakrayantra, 272
Calendar reform, 73
Candracchāyā, 123-25