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    The Surya Siddhanta (IAST: Sūrya Siddhānta; lit. 'Sun Treatise') is a Sanskrit treatise in Indian astronomy dated to 4th to 5th century, in fourteen chapters...
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    oldest of these is likely to be the Surya Siddhanta, while the most accurate is the Siddhanta Shiromani. Surya's synonym Ravi is the root of the word...
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  • difference is the difference between the sidereal and tropical zodiacs. The Surya Siddhanta bridges this difference by juxtaposing the four solstitial and equinoctial...
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  • in Siddhantas: Varahamihira (6th century) in his Pancha-Siddhantika contrasts five of these: The Surya Siddhanta besides the Paitamaha Siddhantas (which...
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    characteristics of the respective planetary motion. Other texts such as Surya Siddhanta (dated to sometime between the 5th and 10th century) present their...
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    characteristics of the respective planetary motion. Other texts such as Surya Siddhanta dated to have been complete sometime between the 5th century and 10th...
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  • the Vedas, Manusmriti, Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata, Surya Siddhanta etc. Sidereal astrology maintains the alignment between signs and constellations...
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    characteristics of the respective planetary motion. Other texts such as Surya Siddhanta dated to have been complete sometime between the 5th century and 10th...
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  • cyclic age encompassing the four yuga ages as defined in Hindu texts: Surya Siddhanta, Manusmriti, and Bhagavata Purana. Daiva Yuga (Sanskrit: दैवयुग, romanized: daivayuga...
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    scientific treatise on any subject ... as .. Brahma-siddhanta ब्रह्म-सिद्धान्त,... Surya-siddhanta, etc.' The name of the school could be translated as...
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    Brahmagupta and Bhaskara I. This work appears to be based on the older Surya Siddhanta and uses the midnight-day reckoning, as opposed to sunrise in Aryabhatiya...
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    of the respective planetary motions.: vii–xi  Other texts such as Surya Siddhanta dated to have been complete sometime between the 5th century CE and...
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  • Aryabhata II (redirect from Maha-Siddhanta)
    was an Indian mathematician and astronomer, and the author of the Maha-Siddhanta. The numeral II is given to him to distinguish him from the earlier and...
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    [citation needed] Krita Yuga is described in the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Surya Siddhanta, Vishnu Smriti, and various Puranas. Hindu texts describe four yugas...
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  • texts present Surya and various planets and estimate the characteristics of the respective planetary motion. Other texts such as Surya Siddhanta dated to have...
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  • attributions are of doubtful nature. The Romaka Siddhanta ("The Doctrine of the Romans") and the Paulisa Siddhanta were two works of Western origin which influenced...
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    characteristics of the respective planetary motion. Other texts such as Surya Siddhanta dated to have been complete sometime between the 5th century and 10th...
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    and the 8th century Sisyadhivrddida by Lalla. Other texts such as Surya Siddhanta dated to have been complete sometime between the 5th century and 10th...
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  • rashi) to the next relative to its mean motion. The ancient text Surya Siddhanta calculates a samvatsara to be about 361 days, marginally short of a...
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  • inferior: Surya Siddhanta (or Saura Siddhanta), the treatise of the Sun Romaka Siddhanta, the treatise of Romans or westerners Paulisa Siddhanta, the treatise...
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     'truth'). Dvapara Yuga is described in the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Surya Siddhanta, Vishnu Smriti, and various Puranas. Hindu texts describe four yugas...
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  • Śrīpati (redirect from Siddhanta Sekhara)
    on calculating planetary longitudes, eclipses and planetary transits; Siddhānta-śekhara a major work on astronomy in 19 chapters; and Gaṇita-tilaka, an...
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     'truth'). Treta Yuga is described in the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Surya Siddhanta, Vishnu Smriti, and various Puranas. Hindu texts describe four yugas...
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    texts present Surya and various planets and estimate the characteristics of the respective planetary motion. Other texts such as Surya Siddhanta dated to have...
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    mahayuga is given as 4.32 million years, using the same method as in the Surya Siddhanta. Ganitapada (33 verses): covering mensuration (kṣetra vyāvahāra); arithmetic...
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    shows some peculiarities. The 4th century CE astronomical treatise Surya Siddhanta postulated a spherical Earth. The book described a custom of the prime...
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    to 60 years and the orbit of Nakshatras (stars) as described in the Surya Siddhanta. In the Gregorian year 2024, the Tamil year starts on 14 April 2024...
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  • (pronounced chatur yuga), a cycle of four world ages—for example, in the Surya Siddhanta and Bhagavad Gita (part of the Mahabharata)—unless expressly limited...
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  • The Brāhma-sphuṭa-siddhānta ("Correctly Established Doctrine of Brahma", abbreviated BSS) is a main work of Brahmagupta, written c. 628. This text of...
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  • with the Tolkappiyam). He is also credited with the authorship of the Surya Siddhanta. Mayasura Kubera Vishvakarma "The Mahabharata, Book 2: Sabha Parva:...
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