244 GLOSSARY Netra () Two. Nemi (f) Circumference, peri- phery. Pakṣa (T) (1) Lunar fortnight, period from new moon to full moon, or from full moon to new moon. (2) Two Pada (7) (1) Quadrant. (2) Square root. Parakrānti ( परक्रान्ति) (Sun's) greatest declination, or ob- liquity of the ecliptic. Paramāpama (परमापम) Same as Parakranti. Paridhi (ff) (1) Circumfere- nce, periphery. (2) Epicycle. Parilekha (fa) Projection, graphical representation. Parvata (a) Seven. Parvamadhya (1) The mid- dle of the eclipse. Pala () Latitude. Palajiva () The Rsine of the latitude. Palajya () The Rsine of the latitude. Palabhaga (TTT) The degrees of the latitude. Patangula (पलाङ्गुल) Used in the sense of 'palabhangula', i. e., the angulas of the equinoctial midday shadow. Palamsa (i) The degrees of the latitude. Pascardha (f) The western half. Pata (a) The ascending node of a planet's orbit (on the ecliptic). Patabhāga (¹) The degrees of the longitude of the asc- ending node. Puşkara (go) Three. Purvalagna () The hori- zon-ecliptic point in the east. Pankti (if) Ten. Pratimandḍala (4) Ecc- entric. Pratimandala-karma ( प्रतिमण्ड- लकर्म) Processes under the eccentric theory. Prabhā (H) (1) The shadow of the gnomon. (2) The Rsine of the zenith distance. -Pralayastithinām (प्रलयास्तिथीनां ) Omitted lunar days. Prastāra ( प्रस्तार ) The state- ment of possible combina- tions in a serial order. Praggrasa () The first contact in an eclipse. Prana () Same as Asu. Prāleyarasmi (प्रालेयरश्मि) One.
