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Star-cycles
of a kalpa
and catur¬
yuga, ac¬
cording to
Pulisa.
 

Transforma¬
tion of the
word Arya¬
bhata
among the
 

The names of the planets.
 

Their revolutions
in a Caturyuga.
 

Their revolutions
in a Kaliyuga.
 

Venus         ....

Her apsis

Her node
Saturn        ....

His apsis

His node

Q    TThe   translation   of

g    I     Alfazari

11    j The   correction   of

^    V    Alsarakhsi  .
The fixed stars   .
 

7,022,389i|f

n 0 5 3

OtWt?

146,5674^

OTTJiny

"-'125

146,569/51,

146,569^1

120
 

702,238|f^f
Oio o'oo

r,   8 93

i4,656|nt

OlTITSTnT
n   73

14,656-ift^

14,65645^1

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After we have stated how many of the star-cycles of
a kalpa fall in a caturyuga and in a kaliyuga, according
to Brahmagupta, we shall now derive from the number
of star-cycles of a caturyuga according to Pulisa the
number of star-cycles of a kalpa, first reckoning a
kalpa— 1000 caturyugas, and, secondly, reckoning it as
1008 caturyugas. These numbers are contained in the
following table :—

The Yugas according to Pulisa.
 


 

Number of
 

Number of their
 

Number of their
 

The names of the
 

their revolu¬
 

revolutions in a
 

revolutions in a
 

planets.
 

tions in a
 

Kalpa of
 

Kalpa of
 


 

Caturyuga.
 

1000 Caturyugas.
 

1008 Caturyugas.
 

Sun     .    .    .
 

4,320,000
 

4,320,000,000
 

4,354,560,000
 

Moon  .    .     .
 

57,753,336
 

57,753-336,000
 

58,215,362,688
 

Her apsis .
 

488,219
 

488,219,000
 

492,124,752
 

Her node .
 

232,226
 

232,226,000
 

234,083,808
 

Mars   .    .    .
 

2,296,824
 

2,296,824,000
 

2,315,198,592
 

Mercury  .
 

17,937,000
 

17,937,000,000
 

18,080,496,000
 

Jupiter    .    .
 

364,220
 

364,220,000
 

367,133,760
 

Venus
 

7,022,388
 

7,022,388,000
 

7,078,567,104
 

Saturn     .    .
 

146,564
 

146,564,000
 

147,736,512
 

We meet in this context with a curious circumstance.
Evidently Alfazari and Yakub sometimes heard from
their Hindu master expressions to this effect, that his
calculation of the star-cycles was that of the great Sid-
dhdnta, whilst Aryabhata reckoned with one-thousandth