254 GLOSSARY Samamandalaja chayā (सममण्डल- जा छाया) The prime vertical shadow. Samamandalasanlcu (सममण्डलशंकु) The Rsine of the prime vertical altitude. Samarekha () The prime meridian. Samalipta (समलिप्त ) Two planets are said to be samalipta ( समलिप्त ) when their longi - tudes are equal up to minutes. Samavalambajya (समवलम्बज्या ) The Rsine of the colati- tude. Sarvāpama ( सर्वापम) The grea- test declination (of the Sun), i. e., the obliquity of the ecliptic. Sagara () Four. Sārpamastaka (सार्पमस्तक) astronomical phenomenon. See MBh, iv. 35. Simha (f) The sign Leo. Sita (fa) (1) The illuminated part of the Moons's disc; the phase of the Moon. (2) The light half of the month. (3) Venus. Sitakhagá (¹) Venus. Sitapakṣa (f) The light half of a lunar month, light fortnight. Sitabindu (ff) That point of the Moon's diameter which lies at the end of the illuminated part of the Moon. Sitamāna (सितमान) The mea- sure of the illuminated part of the Moon's disc. Suranāthaguru (सुरनाथगुरु) Jupi- ter. Surapadilk (सुरपदिक्) East. Suredya () Jupiter. Suri (f) Jupiter. Surya () (1) Sun. (2) Twelve. Sūryakakṣyā (71) The orbit of the Sun, the ecliptic. Suryaja () Saturn. Saimhikeya (f) The ascen- ding node of the Moon's orbit. (Saimhikeya* liter- ally means Rahu, son of Simhikā). Somaja () Mercury. Somasunu () Mercury. Saumya () (1) North. (2) The nakṣatra Mrgasirā. (3) Mercury. Sauri (f) Saturn. Sthiti (ff) Duration (of an eclipse). Sthitidala (ff) Half the duration (of an eclipse).
