4 CONTENTs. Thus, the number of revolutions of the Ayanagrahaistaken to be 178159, which gives the motion of the Ayanagrahain a. 보 or 53". 4477. This approaches the motion given in the Suryasiddhanta. But, according to the author, this is not the motion of the precession. The method of finding out the precession is given by him in the 13th Sloka of the Spashtadhikara'. year to be Here, the description of the Yugas corresponds with that given in the known Suryasiddhanata. But the years of Srishti' ( epoch between the Brahma day and the creation of the world), as given in these two works, differ vastly, being 3024Ooo and 17064ooo respectively. This difference demands the careful consideration of the savants of the peresent day. In the Slokas 52-55, the correction applied to find out the exact mean positions of planets is also worthy of notice. In the Sloka 55, it is said that 6 Yavas (**) make one Angula. There, it is also said that the circumference of the earth is 6625 yojanas. Other methods, besides the above, of Aryabhata are. similar to Bhaskaracharya's, and I have shown them in my commentary at proper places. Chapter I. In the second Sloka of chapter II, it is stated that the author's Siddhanta, and that of Parasara, were written at about the same time after the lapse of a few years of the Kaliyuga, and that both the works treat of the methods of finding out the true positions of the planets, which could be observed with eyes. In the Sloka 3, it is stated that there was no Srishti year in the Siddhanta of Parasara. In the Slokas 3-8, the Adhimasa and the revolutions of planets according to Parasara have been shown.
