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through the locality (hereafter called the rectified circum-
ference). Also the primary terrestrial meridian is that
longitudinal line passing through the places (1) Lanka (2)
Ujjain (3) Kurukshetra and (4) the north pole.
Fig. 4
Comm. (Ref. fig. 4) Let ABC be the terrestrial Equa-
tor, and QST be a circle parallel to this terrestrial equator
and passing through the locality S. This QST is called the
rectified circumference of the earth at the place S. The
terrestrial equator is defined as follows. It is known that
the earth rotates about herself about the axis P₁ P₂ where
P₁ P₂ is called the polar axis or Dhruvayashti. In other
words the entire heavens appear to revolve round the earth
in such a way that any star will appear to be revolving in
a circle called its diurnal circle which is parallel to the
circle ABC. The points P₁ and P₂ are called the north and