सिद्धान्तशिरोमणि: गणिताध्याय (भास्कराचार्य - ग्रहगणित, मध्यमाधिकार व स्पष्टाधिकार सटीक)

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Kakshādhyāya, their orbits are taken to differ from those
of the planets. (because slow-moving, points will have
longer orbits as per the assumption made namely that the
circumference of the universe divided by the number of the
sidereal revolutions gives the length of the orbit). Simi-
larly the orbit of the Sun itself will be the orbit of Mercury
and Venus, and the orbits of their S'īghrocchas are their
real orbits wherein Mercury and Venus are taken to move
with the velocity of the Sun.
Comm. The prescription of the computation of a
planetary position as per the method of Kakshādhyāya, has
brought in an awkward situation. Let us consider the
Computation of the positions of Mercury and Venus. These
two planets oscillate about the mean position of the Sun,
because their orbits happen to lie within the earth's orbit.
Hence their mean sidereal periods coincide with that of the
Sun, which means that their numbers of sidereal revolu-
tions coincide with the number of sidereal revolutions of
the Sun. Hence the Kakshādhyāya method of Computing
a planetary position brings in the idea that the orbits of
Mercury and Venus coincide with the orbit of the Sun.
Bhāskara perceived the awkwardness of this situation and
says therefore, the above coincidence of the orbits must not
be taken to be a reality but is intended only for the sake of
computation. The actual planets Mercury and Venus in
fact revolve says Bhaskara in the orbits of their Sīghroc-
chas, with the velocity of the Sun-Even this supposition
that the actual planets move with the velocity of the Sun
sounds odd, but this will be clarified later in the spashta-
adhikāra, wherein we propose to explain the peculiar con-
cept of S'īghroccha at length.
Here ends the Grahānayanādhyāya according to the
Kakshādhyāya method.