VI INTRODUCTION "viskambhardha etc. Here the author finds the true daily motion." "antyajivä etc. This is an alternative method." So also, commenting upon the verse 14, Parameśvara writes: "The author sets forth the method of finding the true daily motion by another method."³ Absence of the verse in question from the text of MS. C seems to be due to the carelessness of the scribe. Verses viii. 23-24. These verses are taken as genuine because they occur in MSS. A and B and have been mentioned in MSS. D and E. Moreover, they have been mentioned and the examples contained therein have been solved in MS. C in Chapter I under verses 49 and 50 respectively. It seems that like so many other verses these also have been left out from MS. C due to the carelessness of the scribe. There is no doubt that they were composed by Bhaskara I, because they occur in his commentary on the Aryabhatiya along with several other verses containing similar examples. There is one more verse which requires consideration here. It is not included in the numbered verses of the edited text. This verse marked 24* occurs after verse 24 of Chapter VIII. It does not occur in any of the available manuscripts of the Maha-Bhaskariya, but I have taken the liberty to include it in the edited text, though I have not given it any specific number. My reasons for including this verse in the text are as follows: (1) The preceding verse 24 contains an example which. विष्कम्भार्धेनेति स्फुटभुक्ति साधयति । 2 अन्त्यजीवेत्युपायान्तरम् । 3 स्फुटभुक्त्यानयनं प्रकारान्तरेणाह ।
