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Vrşa bha - 0
Kanya - 0 Makara - 8 Mithuna - 3
Tulă - 2
Kumba - 6 Kataka - 4
Vršcika - 4 Meena - 4 Mayamatam gives the corrections for every ten days. But it gives nil correction for the period from 10th to the 30th oi Moșa. So in the place where Mayamatam text is written the sun is overhead about the 20th of Mēsa. i. e. about 5th May. From 22nd March to 5th May is about 42 days. Therefore the place where Mayamatam has been written is about 2 or 3o further South. It has been customary for Indian astronomers
r Indian astronomers to take Ujjain as the centre of their observation. Our authors have evidently taken these astronomical facts from our astronomical treatises.
The corrections given in Mayamatam are shown here along with those of our text one below the other for comparison.
Mesa Vrsa bha Mithuna Kataka Maya -- 1, 0, 0) 1, 2,
2 3 , 4,4 3, 2, 2 Text -- 2 or 3
3 Simha Kanya Tula Vrścika Maya -- 1, 0, 0, 1, 2,
2 3 , 4, 4 5,6,6 Text -
0 Dhanur Makara Kumba Meena Maya - 7.8,8 7, 6, 6, 5, 4,4 3, 2, 1 Text - 6
8 6
4 These corrections have to be made in both the shadows of the morning and evening. If that is done the line joining them must necessarily be paralled to the line joining the uncorrected points. The purpose of this correc. tion has therefore to be further investigated.
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