234 Avislista (faf) Same as Avisista. Avisama (³) Even. Asvi ( अश्वि) Two. Asvin (अश्विन्) Two. Asti (3) Sixteen. GLOSSARY Asakrt () Repeatedly, or by using the method of successive approximations. Asita (fr) (1) Dark. (2) The unilluminated part of the Moon's disc. (3) Saturn. Asita-pakṣa (af) The dark half of a lunar month. Asu (3rg) A unit of time equi- valent to 4 seconds. Asṛktanu (³) Mars. Mars is called asṛktanu (asṛk= blood, tanu-body) because it is red in colour. Asta (3) Setting. Astakāla (अस्तकाल) Time of setting. Astalagna (³) The setting point of the ecliptic, i.e. that point of the ecliptic which lies on the western horizon. Astasutra (³) The rising- setting line (udayastasutra). Astodayāgrarekha (ar) The rising-setting line. Ahargana (3) The number of days elapsed since the beginning of Kaliyuga (or any other epoch). Aharmana (3) The length of day. Ahoratra (T) A day and night, a nychthemeron. Ahoratra-viskambha (- C) Day-radius. Ahmān ganah (अह्नां गण:) Same as Ahargana. Ahnāin nicayah (अह्नां निचयः ) Same as Ahargana. Akasa (³) Zero. Apyа (²) Purvāṣāḍha, the twentieth nakṣatra. Ayama (³¶¶) Length. Āra (³) Mars. Ārki (3) Saturn. Asa (T) (1) Direction. (2) Ten. Asanna () Approximate. Astamika (आस्तमिक) Pertaining to sunset. Asphujit (af) Venus. Ahnika (3) (1) Pertaining to day. (2) A special astronomical term used by Bhaskara I. See MBh, i. 16-18. Ina () (1) Sun. (2) Twelve.. Indu () (1) Moon. (2) One.
