Article ID: CBB546484769

Rationale for Śrīrguṇamitrādivākyas as described in the Laghuprakāśikā (2019)

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A vākya is a Sanskrit term used for a sentence in general and in an astronomical context it is used to represent a numerical value corresponding to an astronomical parameter. There are different classes of vākyas used in astronomical texts, and saṇkrānti or saṇkramanavākyas are one such class of vākyas. The śrīrgunamitrādivākyas are one of the sets of sankramanavākyas. The śrīrgunamitrādi-vākyas are a set of 12 vākyas that give the instant at which the Sun's transit occurs. Each vākya consists of five syllables, with three time units. That is, the instant is given in terms of a week-day, nādikas and vinādikās. In this paper, having given the description of śrīrgunamitrādivākyas, we shall provide the rationale for obtaining them based on the exposition given in the commentary written in the Laghuprakāśikā by Sundararāja.

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Authors & Contributors
Balachandra Rao, S.
Venugopal, Padmaja
Uma, S. K.
Rupa, K.
Vanaja, V.
Tiede, Vance R.
Concepts
Celestial maps; star catalogs
Celestial mechanics
Astronomy
Sanskrit
Time measurement
Astronomical distances
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19th century
18th century
16th century
17th century
Places
India
Greece
Thailand
Myanmar (Burma)
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